Pissing Razors
Evolution (Spitfire)
by Martin Popoff
New vocalist in Andre Acosta, and the long-suffering and relentless Pissing Razors are off and running on their fifth studio album. First thing I must say is that the production, by the band’s drummer Eddy Garcia, is modest, turning the band into more of an underground, hardcore-ish act versus the steely Pantera panoramas of the records previous. Oddly, it’s the drums that sound compromised, while the guitars are a little muddy as well. Acosta is a versatile vocalist, spanning nü metal/Sevendust croons through a Fear Factory bellow through pure (Swedish) death. There’s even hardcore, stoner rock… even a bit of Dani on “Takedown.”
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