Toxic Holocaust - Conjure And Command - review
Toxic Holocaust - Conjure And Command - review
Tracklist
01. Judgment Awaits You02. Agony Of The Damned
03. Bitch
04. Red Winter
05. Nowhere To Run
06. I Am Disease
07. In The Depths (Of Your Mind)
08. The Liars Are Burning
09. Revelations
10. Sound The Charge
11. Helga Lost Her Head [Repulsion cover]
A review by
Doc G. July 19, 2011
This album is like a mix of Toxic Holocaust, with Toxic Holocaust, meets Toxic Holocaust. If Joel Grind and Joel Grind created a love-child, I'm pretty sure that child would grow up to make music like this. It's the teeth-shattering thrash monster known as Toxic Holocaust that we're all used to, but every aspect is just cranked in all directions from what we've seen in the past; it's bouncier, faster, slower, heavier, louder, thicker, angrier, funner, darker, catchier, brutal-erish. If music could grow a hard-on, this would be Toxic Holocaust at it's vein-iest.
Naturally, comparisons have to be drawn between Conjure And Command and the last release An Overdose Of Death.... Now, Overdose was just flat-out kick ass, so is Conjure better? No. But is it worse? Nope. It's just different. In the quest to create an all-around meatier sound, that nifty punk rock charm found in the previous albums is gone, but in exchange we get a more rabid, pure metal version of the bands former self. It's a sideways evolution; a step in a new direction, no better, no worse. Hell, if Toxic Holocaust can maintain the quality heard here and in Overdose, while pushing themselves in new directions, they've got a satisfying discography ahead of them.
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I really hope they advertise the "this would be Toxic Holocaust at it's vein-iest" line on their website.
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Been waiting so long for this release!!
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Listening to the first song right now, sounds promising.
---- The word gen means "illusion" or "apparition." In India, a man who uses conjury is called a genjutsushi ["a master of illusion technique"]. Everything in this world is but a marionette show. Thus we use the word gen.
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And it was, Sick.. Sick I say.
---- The word gen means "illusion" or "apparition." In India, a man who uses conjury is called a genjutsushi ["a master of illusion technique"]. Everything in this world is but a marionette show. Thus we use the word gen.
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Picked this album up a couple days ago, after giving it some playage, I'd say the best thing about it that got overlooked in the review was that it's not too long. It seems to work really well as a quick burst of music, and some songs on this album are really good. Were it littered with 7-8 minute songs and the length overdrawn, I don't think I would've enjoyed it nearly as much.
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So I've probably listened to this 10 times now. Toxic is definitely Portland's second best metal export, right behind me.
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Crack makes you do amazing things. See Rick James. COCAINE IS A HELLUVA DRUG.
---- Kick Ass, Die Young Less is More Stay Pure Stay Poor Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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Sounds a lot like Venom, and it's filled too many slow-paced tracks, I like the speed...
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..Heck, even at some moments like at the beginning of 'I Am Disease' I thought I was listening to Evile O_O
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....Yep, no matter how much I try to warm up to this album I don't like it, reminds me too much of crappy recent Venom albums..
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