Monday, February 4, 2013

The Misfits/Walk Among Us/Ruby/Slash Records/1982 Cassette Review


  The  Misfits  are  a  band  from  New  Jersey  that  is  very  well  known  with  the  music  on  this  recording  being  horror/hardcore  punk  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1982  album  "Walk  Among  Us"  which  was  released  as  a  joint  effort  between  Ruby  and  Slash  Records.

  Drums  range  from  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  no  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they h ave  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them..

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  mid  paced  to  fast  horror/  early  hardcore  punk  riffs  with  some  melody  being  utilized  in  the  riffing  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  sounding  hardcore  punk  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals a re  mostly  clean  singing  with  some  hardcore  punk  back  up  shouts  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover  occult,  horror,  and  science  fiction  film  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  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  Misfits  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  probably  already  own  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "I  Turned  Into  A  Martian"  "Hatebreeders"  "Skulls"  and  "Devil's  Whorehouse".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

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