CD Review - Fifty Caliber Kiss

Fifty Caliber Kiss - Puckers Up and Plants One on Their Debut Album

Feb 27, 2007 E.S. Day

Fifty Caliber Kiss - Puckers Up And Plants One On Their Debut Album. The Reading PA act's first outing entitled Armor Class Invincible, relies on Old School tactics.

CD Review – Fifty Caliber Kiss

Armor Class Invincible

Universal Warning Records/MVD Audio

By E.S. Day

Right off the top, the listener is thrust into a chair from any scene in Hostel and away we go. Lead single “Hide the Razor” could turn a PETA volunteer into a self-mutilating professional cookie-cutting machine. Brutal honesty in the lyrical dept., coupled with fireball chord progressions that shatter the spinal cord with an evil grin.

Hailing from Reading PA, this quartet relies heavily on a the NY Hardcore scene either that or they’re as stone’s throw from the Relapse Records office located in the same state.

Still, as the liner note bares the third track “High Is The New Low” we have set the tone for a rip ride through 8 tracks of pure adrenaline, resulting in the release that The Bronx should have put out. Short and sweet (not Angry Samoans - type short, but) to the point,. track 4 entitled ‘The Moment You realized You’ve Made a Mistake” will hit home for new school grindcore fans, mind you _ amount of background harmonies balance things out . Still with “young’ sounding influences pouring in on the upper deck – this is by far, no sinking ship. Engineered & Mixed by Chris Seyler, the album will definitely appeal to the old school metal heads with it’s inveterate NWOBHM feel. Sure, there is a game of musical chairs being played (not a bad thing), jumping from Pantera (according to every other journalist, who seems to copy PR sheets instead of listening to the full album) and landing on Pig Destroyer.

Beyond that (and the realms of death), some shit tight drumming feels like I’m spooning into a double kick drum Blizzard from Dairy Queen, which should satisfy the crunch factor

Track Listing for Armor Class Invincible

This Wire Cuts Easily Through Meat And Bone

Hide The Razor

High Is The New Lo

The Moment You Realize You've Made A Terrible Mistake

Protection From The Sky

Epicness Of Saganess

Magnets Are For Lovers

Sink / Burn

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