Audio Cassette review:
Warrior Soul - Drugs, God and the New Republic

Warrior Soul - Drugs, God and the New Republic

Band: Warrior Soul Title: Drugs, God and the New Republic Rating: Release Date: 19 March, 1996 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Intro 2: Interzone 3: Drugs, God and the New Republic 4: Answer 5: Rocket 88 6: Jump for Joy 7: My Time 8: Real Thing 9: Man Must Live as One 10: Hero 11: Wasteland 12: Children of the Winter

Customer Reviews 4.4 Warriors Best Best trax: Drugs, God. My Fav Warrior Soul cd. . . . , Jump For Joy, Wasteland, Children of the Winter. . This was an excellent follow up to Last Decade Dead Century. . Political overtones and some catchy straight forward rockers. . . Must have. Underrated, Well Not Really Rated At All My only complaint is that it's lyrics seem more whiney and less angry. It's a shame these guys never caught a break because this cd rocks. I also hate it when bands get stuck up about politics. I say leave that part for the interviews and let the music do the talking. However this cd needs to be bought because there is a severe lack of good albums if you want to rock. A worthy attempt to expand their audience This second album was in my cassette (!) walkman a lot of the time the year it came out. I am an old fan of Warrior Soul from the first album. It wasn't as musically innovative as their first, or their third even, but lyrically it just seemed to sum up the times as I felt and saw them. Musically, there seemed to be a greater effort at crafting some melody onto the still raucous energy of metal that had some punk attitude to it. Clarke wrote songs as if he actually thought they would make a difference, and I think they did when and if they were heard. "Hero" had the most significant airplay of any Warrior Soul song, and treads the path of the 'power ballad' but with conviction. This was perhaps the closest to mainstream they ever got. The only weak song here would be "Rocket 88" as it just seems to be an unfocused egotistical rant. The kind of thing Ali might have come up with after he won a fight. Clarke was at his best when he was ranting against, or about, something, and was focused on a condition, on an issue, that affected society. This tune just seems to be a throwaway, perhaps some kind of satire or self-parody. It just seems to bring the album down, which is otherwise great. No one else in metal was doing it quite like this, no one. Not with this level of political rage, and occasionally some genuinely interesting (if you can stand the term) rock-poetry. To me, Warrior Soul never did a five star album. However, they never did less than what I considered a four star album, and that consistency was maintained for the most part even with occasional line-up changes, throughout the band's existence. . You can see a complete list of all Warrior Soul discography, or go back to the Warrior Soul tabs