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Date: February, 2008
CD: Randall Flagg "Warning: Contains Audio"
Publication: Metal Maniacs Magazine
Reviewer: Dave Brenner
Slamming the column again, 'Flagg reams you even harder this round. Taking the band's established proto post-death hardcore flair to new heights, Randall Flagg get a little more into
crossing genres and enter into a more technical and forward-thinking progression of styles,
taking mid-to-late '90s acts Vision of Disorder, Quicksand, Burn it Down and Starkweather's
molestations of early experimental metalcore somewhere modern and somewhat commercial while still
retaining that underlying metalic pride. I can see where a lot of 'bangers would be reluctant
to pick this up. But those of you for whom ballsier metallic post-hardcore meddling is appealing
- fans of Tool to Turmoil, Raging Speedhorn to Ringworm, Snapcase to Sense Field - this is all you.
Not exactly what you'd expect seeing Divine Rapture and Vile in the "also members of" category,
but brutal in a completely dissimilar way. Hell Yea. 11 tracks/47:00.
- Dave Brenner
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