Customer Reviews

Destroy The War Machine

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
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This CD is very very good. Old school sounding Warrior Soul with crystal clear production. Kory Clarke's raspy vocals make it sound even edgier and definitely more punk.

The tracks Pigs, Fourth Reich, Burning Bridges, Motor City, Bad News and Shes Glaswegian all sound as if they could have come straight after the 'Salutations' CD or Space Age Playboys. I love these song and could put my Warrior Soul files on my media player to 'Shuffle' and you would never know they didn't fit in the bands catalog. That is how good it really is. They sound great and revamped. The energy is there. So if you like the 'Soul, pick it up. No brainer. The quality and sound are excellent and it rocks hard.

My negatives are that with this being said, we are only talking 6 tracks. There is another track 'Don't Believe' which is mid tempo and would have been OK, but it drags and Kory's new vocal sound doesn't fit the melody lines required for such a song. Its not totally horrible, but does seem a bit out of whack with the disc.

Also, there is a cover song 'Knocking 'em Down' which would be alright, but listen, I find it a tough pill to swallow that I waited so many years for a new disc and am treated to a 8 song collection with 1 of those songs being average and another being a cover. I even bought the mediocre 'Dirty Rig' disc in the interim wanting to hear Kory Clarke's vox again. If it were a 12 track disc, it would be 5 stars.

I don't ordinarily do this, but if you aren't a metal collector or huge WS fan, it would almost be SMARTER and cheaper to just download the 6 tracks listed. I know not many will read this anyway, but this Disc could have been better, but I wont say I am disappointed in most of its content, just its quantity.

Hope to hear more soon......

This is the rare "reunion" album that lives up to the old stuff. Rocks from beginning to end (except Don't Beleive which seems like filler.) As a Warrior soul fan from the beginning, I'm glad to hear Kory hasn't lost his voice or his attitude. Only critism would be The Fourth Reich lyrics. I hate the government as much as the next guy, but the whole 911 truth thing is retarted. Would have been a top ten WS song without lyrics like "The Neo-Cons brought the towers down." The song goes from legitimate rage against the war to ridiculous paranoia. That said, just try getting "She's Glaswegain" out of your head. This album is great.

Kory Clarke returns with a a new lineup for the 6th warrior soul album. It has quite a punk feel to it and his vocals aren't as good as they used to be, but I really enjoyed the album. Sounds a bit like his last project, Dirty Rig, more than Warrior Soul, but it's worth checking out.

Song Titles are: [...] The Pigs, The Fourth Reich, Motor City, Don't Believe, Burning Bridges, Bad News (Rock N Roll Boyfriend), She's Glaswegian, Knocking 'Em Down(In The City). Man I love Kory Clarke's attitude. More heavy duty metal, screw the government lyrics. You need this cd. Style of Space Age Playboys meets Salutations from the Ghetto Nation. Every Warrior Soul album rules.

Well, I was excited about a new Warrior Soul since I have been a big fan from the 1st release and saw them on the Last Deacde Dead Century tour. I remember it being a killer show and afterwards, as the rest of the ban walked off after the last song, Kory immediatley sat down on the edge of the stage to meet with the crowd at the old Avalon in Chicago. He was very gracious about signing autographs & answering questions. I said to him that I couldn't believe that they weren't bigger & asked why Geffen records didn't promote them properly, to which he commented that David Geffen was basically not interested in being behind Warrior Soul.
So it does pain me to say that I was somewhat disappointed with this release. It is of course what you'd expect from Kory; the anti-establishment lyrical stance which has endeared him to fans all these years is there, and his voice sounds great. I guess the music is a bit lacking & seems more like the Atomic Playboys era than earlier work. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just not what I was hoping for. Since Kory is also supposed to be with Trouble, it is unclear where this all fits in, but I have heard some snippets of him singing with Trouble and it actually sounded pretty cool, although you can't really replace Eric Wagner.
The songs have a good punky edge and rock out well enough, but nothing impressive guitar-wise and the drums are a tad sterile sounding. I would definetly still recommend that any WS fan get this, and highly recommend the Odds & Ends disc as well. It wraps up the loose end tracks & is a goldmime for true fans.

Great album, full of passion and power....Kory Clarke with the new Warrior Soul. they just play ASS KICKING ROCK N' ROLL!