GOATSNAKE
Flower Of Disease (Man's Ruin)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Fans of old school metal (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Spinal Tap, etc.) will be overjoyed to find that there are, yes, there are, still bands out there that are still true to the art of punctuation via heavy bass lines, super-fast twiddling lead guitar licks, pounding and predictable percussion, and lyrics about skulls, getting high, cars, God, and gals. The few deviations to the standard heavy metal formula in here are the surprising use of a mouth harp (which is not what my dad used to call that particular instrument, but I'm the more politically correct out of the two of us), a violin, and some nice piano music. But otherwise, this is the same music we used to get fucked up to when I was a kid, and it's nice to see that kids today have the option of getting to that same dark and depressing place themselves without having to resort to listening to the oldies station.

© 2001 - Holly Day