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Band Name: Madball
Album Name: Infiltrate The System
Rating: 3.5 / 5 User Rating: 3.7 / 5
Label: Ferret Records
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Tracklist
1. We the People
2. Infiltrate the System
3. Revolt
4. No Escape
5. Takeover
6. Renegades
7. Set Me Free
8. Messenger
9. Liberty or Death
10. Novelty
11. You're Gone
12. P.Y.I.T.F., Pt. 3
13. Stand Up N.Y.
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When Agnostic Front singer Roger Miret would let his younger brother Freddy "Madball" Cricien take the microphone during Agnostic Front shows in the mid eighties, the band Madball was born. Out now with its eighth full length album, 'Infiltrate the System' Madball delivers the same 1-2 punch that made it one of the greatest bands out of the NY hardcore scene. Hardcore music is currently getting the most mainstream attention the genre has ever seen, and most of this attention is directed toward newer bands playing variations of this style, so it is a perfect time for a band like Madball to show everyone how its done.
'Infiltrate the System' does exactly that, it throws the angry, metallic, thrash inspired, classic hardcore sound right in your face. There are no happy, poppy choruses here. Just thick bass lines, shouted vocals and fast paced rhythms. But these are not the super fast rhythms of metalcore; these are the slower tempo, hand bang worthy, down tuned, shredding rhythms also used by bands like Biohazard and even Pantera. The song 'Revolt' starts with a riff such as this, with the guitar, bass and drums, chopping together in a marching beat, intensely stopping and starting. The title track 'Infiltrate the System' starts with a tribal beat and shredding trash guitar then come the politically inspired lyrics, shouted, almost spit into the microphone like a rap.
Bands ranging from Norma Jean to the Warriors have bands like Madball to thank for being an influence and kids out there listening to these new bands should be required to purchase a copy of 'Infiltrate the System' to see where it all began.
Review by: Colette Claire
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