BIOHAZARD
KILL OR BE KILLED
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Brooklyn’s Biohazard has returned in 2003 with a slab of anger
titled Kill or Be Killed, that
picks up the thread of payback and retribution that has been their stock
in trade since their early days in ’88.
Songs
such as “Never Forgive, Never Forget”, “Beaten Senseless”,
and “World On Fire” have vocalist/bassist Evan Seinfeld spewing
venom over the caustic rhythm section he comprises with drummer Danny
Schuler, while guitarists Billy Graziadei and Carmine Matteliano trade
distorted riffs. It sounds like a walk through their hard-edged Brooklyn
stomping grounds at 3am, dark and foreboding and more than a little dangerous.
For those who didn’t dig their forays into the more rap end of the
spectrum, this is a welcome return to their roots. This is a fitting soundtrack
for those days when you’re just pissed off at the world and nothing
short of a critical beat-down will appease.
----Christine Natanael