Band:	SSS
Album:	Problems To The Answer
Style:	Crossover thrash metal
Release date:	July 2011
A review by:	wormdrink414

01. The Kill Floor
02. Out The Loop
03. Birdshit
04. Laughing Leads To Crying
05. White Bread
06. Eat Me Drink Me Burn Me
07. Foreign Body Plot
08. Roar
09. Sick Pleasures
10. Direct Action
11. What Would Cards Do?
12. Man Against Man
13. Tales Out of School
14. Rats Nest
15. Cathode Control
16. Painting By Numbers
17. Quick Fix
18. Future Primitive
19. Trapped Inside Two States of Mind
20. Politics Of Convenience
21. Here Comes The Neighbourhood
22. Deep Sleep
23. Speed Freaks
24. Dismantle The Dream
25. Strangenotes

SSS is a crossover group from the UK that, if you haven't heard yet, you should drop everything right the fuck now and listen to. With Problems To The Answer they've proved that they're not good, but that good. They're a drop everything band. Plain and simple.

Looking for spirited, diverse thrash riffs and grooves? Look no further. Looking for grindcore-length bursts of aggression? Look no the fuck further. Looking for hardcore punk attitudes? Look no further! It's all simple as that, really. Proceed to drizzle on some funniness and a fair amount of technical proficiency. Then wrap in a production clean enough to bring out every instrument crisply, but gooey enough to hold them all together, and you've got a recipe for crossover thrash that would make even that celebrity cook Meryl Streep played in that Meryl Streep movie from a year or so ago blush and curtsy? For what that's worth.

But crossover, right? Not the freshest stuff. Well, Problems To The Answer is anything but banal. SSS is in the business of surprising listeners. And they're good at it. With a few super-short tracks, and the sheer amount of, well, crossover between hardcore and thrash, the album never feels boring. And it never loses its momentum. It's relentless and fun. As fuck.

However, the most surprising track is the eight minute instrumental closer. It blends more than hardcore and thrash. It starts with a series of thrash riffs, eases its way into a semi-morose, semi-psychedelic bit, slows nearly to a stop before fighting back with the thrash. And it flows superbly. It's the sort of epic track that'll get your head banging, your fists pumping, give you the goose bumps, and surprise you. And it's a brilliant way to end the album.

The album does have a few problems, though. The drummer has mad skills, but gets a little high-hat crazy from time to time. Some of the shorter tracks seem a little gimmicky. Occasionally the riffing gets a bit too up its ass with hardcore, over thrash, which annoys me. But, all that said, none of this really takes away from my enjoyment of the album. Problems is constantly moving and shifting, making for a exciting experience regardless of its speed bumps.

All in all, if you like thrash, hardcore, or crossover, you need to listen to this.