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1 Shot Kill: Tactical persuasion
10/07/07 || Global Domination
This review was written by ex-staffer Drail.
What can be said about the Australian metalcore-come-grind outfit 1 Shot Kill? In their promo sheet the group describe themselves as ‘grindcore’, ‘aggressive’, ‘grooving’ and ‘brutal’. To be honest I’m not really sure any of these terms can be applied with any level of seriousness. From what I had heard of the group in the Australian metal scene, I got the impression that 1 Shot Kill were a semi-decent hardcore/grindcore band – but this new EP says differently. Very differently.
Take some terribly generic downtuned fashion-core breakdowns, some unimaginative metalcore/nu-metal riffs in the vein of Bury Your Dead, Soulfly and later Machine Head, mix it in with some wholly uninteresting double-kick, hip-hop, bat-off drumming and some really shocking lyrics and you’ve got this MCD in a nutshell. The vocalist no doubt has some small potential, but the way he applies his voice is a major let down – sticking to dull nu-metal type vocals patterns without much variation. There seems to be no real semblance of an original thought in the way these songs were constructed.
Really as fellow Aussies I’d like to give these guys a decent review, but this is comparable to the likes of Dope, Mushroomhead and the millions of other lifeless fucking ‘crossover’ groups out there that have no real place playing ‘metal’. On that topic, I really don’t understand why these guys bill themselves as ‘grindcore’. The irony is, in this three-track EP there is barely a hint of a blast-beat! Most of the music is mid-paced, droning, boring as batshit metalcore or pseudo-hardcore. There’s no up-tempo, abrasive aggression, no impressive drumming or crushing riffs – nothing aside from sterile derivation and faux-angst.
Dont believe me? Heres a snippet from the first track ‘Elevator Music’. The lyrics are literally this bad:
You make me, crazy, you make me weak inside
Crazy you know I cant deny you
You make me crazy
You make me, crazy, you make me crazy
Now I’ve found a way to hurt you
I write this song…
You make me crazy, you know I cant deny you
To make me crazy
You make me crazy, you make me crazy
You make me so fucking crazy (whispered)
YOU – MAKE – ME – FUCKING CRAZY!
YOU – MAKE – ME – FUCKING CRAZY!
YOU – MAKE – ME – FUCKING CRAZY!
YOU – MAKE – ME – FUCKING CRAZY!
Yeah fuck mate, real scathing stuff there. I guess the unnamed individual is weeping in their room an emotional wreck, cutting themselves and wishing they’d never wronged you after that absolutely crushing lyrical outburst. Powerful stuff. Give me a break. These guys also have a fixation for homeboy bullshit – and not in the fun Blood Duster or Leng T’che taking-the-piss way. 1 Shot Kill are serious. Dead serious.
And those are just a few of the many reasons why you should steer clear from this hunk of crap. This is a horribly uninspired metallic turd, that makes me physically sick.
2/10. Peddle your tripe elsewhere, you’ll get no endorsement from me.
- Information
- Released: 2006
- Label: 1 Shot Records/Self-Production
- Website: www.1shotkill.com
- Band
- Gaz: vocals
- Toxic Tim: guitars
- Janga: drums
- Stego: bass
- Tracklist
- 01. Elevator Music
- 02. Consume
- 03. Tactical Persuasion