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Hatebreed - Under the Knife Audio CD

A fair review of the Hatebreed "Under the Knife" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Hatebreed reviews here, or go back to the Hatebreed tabs.

Hatebreed Band: Hatebreed
Title: Under the Knife
Rating:
Release Date: 2000-03-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Smash Your Enemies 2: Kill An Addict 3: Under The Knife 4: Filth 5: Not One Truth 6: Severed 7: Puritan

Powerful stuff, people
And there's no two ways about it -- most bands would probably find that to be a nearly impossible goal, but Jamey Jasta and Co. Hatebreed clearly had just one task in mind when making their debut, 1996's "Under The Knife": To make some of the most powerful music you have ever and will ever hear. achieved it without even breaking a sweat. They did so by filling these seven tunes with simplistic yet biting guitar licks, occasional, fiery thrash runs, guttural bass rumbles, pounding drums, venomous vocals, really memorable lyrics, adherent grooves, punishing breakdowns, slamdanceable choruses, basic song structures, short song lengths, gritty-sounding production, and an excellent live energy. (Seriously, this album is so darn raw that its title is very well deserved because it sounds like the band members could have recorded the whole thing like their lives depended on it -- e. g. at knifepoint. ) Listeners who are in search of technical, progressive, and thought-provoking music with radio-friendly singles, poppy hooks, guitar solos, or even one trace of melody. . . well, they should just look elsewhere. But those who crave a batch of extremely potent, brutal, primal, aggressive, viscerally satisfying, and completely unbridled and frills-free old-school hardcore should pay close attention to "Under The Knife. " This was a very solid and arresting debut, and a promising precursor of future success and other good things to come from this soon-to-be legendary Connecticut-based quintet. It all begins with "Smash Your Enemies" (geez, even the song titles give you a rush!). It fades in with a wall feedback before giving way to all the usual Hatebreed goodies, like hefty, chugging, downtuned riffs, clangy, cracking skins and cymbals, and foaming at the mouth bellows that make the listener wonder if Jasta emphatically completed every sentence with an exclamation point when writing the lyrics. "Kill An Addict" is a fairly pleasant surprise because it is almost pure thrash, and is propelled by ferocious and positively blistering, Slayer-worthy guitar leads, and fast, beeping bass lines. (Although the lyrics remain of the pure hardcore mentality: "You brought it on yourself!". ) Then the band continue to plow through the steamrolling guitars, dirty-sounding bass bottom, and crashing drum beat of the title cut, and "Filth," with its jackhammering drums, breakneck tempo change, and uber-fat, deep, and ominously grumbling bass lines (which often evoke vintage Crowbar) throughout. (In fact, some -- this reviewer included -- might even argue that "Filth" is a bass-driven song. ) Next comes "Not One Truth," a booming number, and the first of two tracks on here that was originally found on 1995's rare 7" split EP w/ Neglect, thus making it the first piece of music Hatebreed ever put to wax! And finally, this seething fourteen-minute ball of hiss and vinegar STILL refuses to let up (not even for just one second), thanks to "Severed" and (the album's longest track) "Puritan," which are bonded together by great, muscular, churning riffs and hulking rhythms that are equal to being bludgeoned with a sledgehammer (also make sure to check out the non-stop stream of livid lyrics and catchy gang shouts in "Puritan"); and which bring the album to a suitably strong, vitriolic, and memorable close.


Its Ok
If you dont have "The Rise of Brutality" or "Supremacy" check them out instead. This is my least favorite Hatebreed Cd. They blow this one away.


NOT THERE BEST WORK
THE AUDIO ON THIS ALBUM ISNT THE GREATEST AND YOU CAN TELL IT WAS RECORDED FOR A VERY SMALL BUDGET. THE ONLY REASON YOU SHOULD OWN THIS ALBUM IS IF YOU ARE A HATEBREED DIE HARD AND YOU NEED IT FOR YOUR COLLECTION. I OWN THIS ALBUM FOR THE SOLE REASON OF HAVING IT, NOT LISTENING TO IT.


Only posers & jocks can enjoy hatebreed.
I quess im too old to enjoy this garbage that jocks and posers find it "brutal", i mean why are kids calling repetition brutality? I sure would like to know that. I dont see how any one into real and pure brutal music (deathmetal) can say that hatebreed's "under the knife" is closely to being rometly brutal because it is far from being any of that but insted its the opposide of being brutal. . . Anyways, you want actual music with talent? Listing to morbid angel, death,possessed, cynic,cryptopsy,disgore,necrophagist,devourment,gorgasm just to name a few. Skip this junk !.


laughable
I bought under the knife a year ago,thought it was a ripoff,and gave it away. everything I've heard from hb has been rediculous other than "I will be heard". but a review advertising it brought back the bad memories. I also bought "preservance"right when it came out thinking maybe it would be heavier and faster (with a guest appearance by kerry king-come on!)and while the song he's on is ok ("nation on fire" or somthing like that)the rest was just boring and to quote jello biafra ". . . like a bad laxative-it just don't move me,ya know?"If you're one of the thousands of slipknot/limp bizkit/korn fans out there you'll undoubtably love this stuff,but for those that know what else is out there and readily available-we'll stick with the REALLY heavy stuff like"cockoo clocks of hell",any pantera,slayer,cryptopsy,fear factory,sepultura,etc,etc,etc.


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