Sunday, January 20, 2013

The Accused/More Fun Than An Open Casket Funeral/Combat Records/1987 Cassette Review


  The  Accused  are  a  band  from  Seattle,  Washington  that  plays  a  style  they  describe  as  splattercore  which  is  a  mixture  of  punk,  thrash,  and  hardcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1987  album  "More  Fun  Than  An  Open  Casket  Funeral"  which  was  released  by  Combat  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  punk/metal  riffing t hat  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  crossover  riffs  which  combine  punk,  thrash  and  hardcore  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  raw  and  primitive  sounding  punk/thrash  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for t he  acoustic  guitars  and  folk  instruments  they  are  only  used  on  the  last  song  to  give  the  music  a  country/western  feeling.

  Vocals  are  all  screaming  punk/thrash  vocals  as  well  as  some  spoken  word  samples  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  violent,  hateful  and  everyday  themes,  as  for t he  production it  has  a  very  heavy,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  while  you  can  still  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  this  was  a  very  great  sounding  recording  from  The  Accused  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of t his  band,  you  probably  already  own  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Halo  Of  Flies"  "Lifeless  Zone"  "Devil  Woman"  and  "Take  No  Prisoners".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.    

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