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LUNATICS ON PAROLE
- RISE
Label: Green Revolution Records
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Line Up:
Kenny the Gardener - vocals
Mike Brickman- bass
Jorge Iacobellis - drums
Bryce Waring - guitars
Music by Lunatics on Parole
Lyrics by Kenny the Gardener |
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This album opens
up with a climatic intro with some guitars processed with
effects and a deep spoken voice that soon lead us into the
aggressive "Spirit of Truth". The first thing that got my
attention is how compact the band sounds and how the keyboards
contrast heavily with the aggressive guitar and with the extreme
vocals. This is the type of bands that you can imagine blasting
in a live show with good rhythms designed for headbanging. Kenny
the Gardener´s voice is guttural sometimes and sometimes is
extreme but more of the agonic type.
And it fits really well the overall brutal feeling of the music.
The drumming is intense and leaves plenty of space for the
guitars and keyboards to deliver rhythms and arrangements. The
sound here is direct and loud and that gives the impression of
having an idea of how this guys may sound live. Pure aggression
with some innovative ideas.
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Midwest Metal
Review
reviewed by:
Maggot
Seek truth and ye shall
find, LUNATICS ON PAROLE's, "RISE" to give hope back to humanity. For a
long time metal has seemed to be empty, shallow, and the "cool in" thing
to gain your rise to riches. It has had No meaningful lyrical content,
just violent, hateful, and horrible soulless dribble. I am proud to
announce that "RISE" has personally been declared the best album of the
year thus far. "RISE", contains heavy catchy riffs that raise
anticipation and anger alongside a hammering of boot stomping drums. The
music is a casing for the anti-corporation and anti-BUSHit bomb known as
the vocal inspiration's of Kenny "the gardener."
What did I get out of LUNATICS ON PAROLE's new album "RISE"? I gained
not only an excellent metal album, which in no way am I trying to down
play in all it's brutality!! I gained a sense of personal empowerment
that not many band albums have. You can spend a few bucks on this album,
but the pay back is far greater. The song "Spirit of Truth," tells that
you do not have to be beaten down and be forced to believe all the lies
of those in power. "OPEN YOU EYES" in all its punchy music sense,
continues the message of not believing all you see in front of you. The
media blitz is just the smokescreen for many hidden agendas. "Corporate
Goosestep," is self explanatory. You got your Wal-Mart's and other
stores that are RAPING our country of its resources, denying our peoples
rights, out sourcing jobs, and just out right exploiting the working
class that it masquerades as benefiting. Every song is packed with
catchy vocals that you'll find your self singing in enjoyment and maybe
as a catalyst for other thoughts of self empowerment. Buy this album,
play it for your friends, have them play it for their friends and so on.
Music is to be shared and was once meant to convey messages to the
people, with LUNATICS ON PAROLE's, album "RISE" we find ourselves once
again hearing the war cry that those who were in this country first
played. Don't be another sheep. Stand up for your self and your rights.
"RISE"!!!!
Just as a personal add on to this review:
Turn off your t.v's and get off the couch!!!!. The war isn't only
overseas. Its here, now, even in your own house's. YOU are allowing
people to run and control your lives as you sit back and medicate
yourselves into stupidity. You can always cure a cold, or sore back, but
there is NO CURE FOR STUPID!!!! The more you sit, the less human you
become. Shall I sit the lube next to your couch? Ever seen the movie the
Warriors? Can YOU count suckers? There are millions of people out there
and only a few in power. Make a difference, vote, THINK, don't support
continuing corporate take over. There are alternatives to Fal-mart. They
are taking out our country at a rapid rate, destroying small communities
and families. RISE!!!!! NO -w!!!!!!
LUNATICS ON PAROLE
Rise
(Green Revolution Records)
Greek Review
The primary goal of music is to reveal the feelings and thoughts of
its creators or even reflect the situations of the nowadays society.
Well, not only... I also believe that one of music's essential
reasons for existence are or at least should be its revolutionary
character and the radical meanings it communicates... This is a utopia
nowadays with all those corporations and multi national labels and the
countless bands, whose sole purpose is to gain fortune and fame.
Pathetic and sad, but true nevertheless. So, I always feel content when
I come across bands that are imbued in the very essence of music, who
"use" music as a vehicle, a pedestal to make their voices be heard, be
it for music itself or other artistic or social reasons. Does this make
them vulnerable? Definitely not! On the contrary it makes all of us
stronger if we just take some time to listen to what they offer us,
analyze and thoroughly think of it all. Changes are brought by opposing
and reacting toward whatever bothers or annoys us, so this is what
Lunatics On Parole do. They oppose and they bring a fresh air to our
beloved music. How do they achieve that? Easily, by having catchy riffs,
nice tunes and musical themes, along with great arrangements and to wrap
it all up, compositions with a unique and personal character that make
them distinguish and stand out from every other band! Needless to say
anything about the craftmanship and the skills of the musicians that
comprise this superb musical proposal!! Musically now they are hard to
label since they incorporate in their sound elements from almost all the
genres of the metal music along with some intense punk rock tinges.
However, the most significant and characteristic part of their music is
definitely the vocals. I've never listened to such original, great,
strange and yet passionate vocals that simply offer amazing
interpretations suitable for the meanings that Lunatics want to share
with the listeners. So, if you are really looking for something truly
unique and original, join the legion of the lunatics!!!! I surely
will!!!!!!
-Behind
the Beil ezine
Barikada
Serbian Review
English
Summarization:
LUNATICS
ON PAROLE "Rise" ( Green Revolution Records )... A group's approach
isn't easy to describe, and we can find here and there a real crossover,
where equally in performing ways there exists Black Sabbath riff
breakings, core psychology and death metal growling. In combination with
a fun lyrical approach, we finally can get a better picture of the
band's author's concept. Also, some elements of nihilism are clear, if
we see the way of Kenny's vocals inspiration, but the band offers
interesting productionally technically innovations. LOP sound isn't
acceptable on first listenings, but complete materials possess
compatibilities and equal valuabilities. For all followers of new
options of metal genres, in this band's approach they could find enough
satisfying elements.... Rating : 7,5 / 10
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