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Fear No Evil

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FEAR NO EVIL is Slaughter's strongest release to date. The album rocks hard, and is probably their heaviest effort yet. What makes this album (and a lot of Slaughter's work) so special is the bands amazing knack at combining hard rock with loads and loads of catchy hooks. The band is extremely pop-savvy, which may not sound like a complement for a hard rock band, but in this case, the melodies add to the music, rather than blunting its power. The opener, "Live Like there's No Tomorrow" is one of the bands heaviest songs, and also one of their best. "Get Used To It" is one of my favorite Slaughter songs, and in the same league (if not superior) with "Up All Night" and "Eye to Eye". "Hard Times" is another fantastic rock song in the classic Slaughter style, with heavy riffs and a great chorus. "It'll Be Alright" is definitely my fave song on the album, and possibly Slaughter's best song yet. A departure for the band, the song is a poppy but amazingly epic ballad, that recalls the best of the Beatles(!) or bands such as Enuff Znuff. The song has the typical Slaughter progression that bursts into a lively chorus, but here is an example where a band transcends even its own ambitions. FEAR NO EVIL is a vastly underrated and extremely enjoyable rock album, and one that fans of anything that rocks should get behind, and ignore the bands hair-metal associations of the past.

I ENDED UP LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM A YEAR AFTER IT WAS RELEASED. BY ACCIDENT. WHEN I HEARD THE SONG "IT'LL BE ALRIGHT", I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME PROBLEMS WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME. AND THE SONG SURE HELPED ME THROUGH THE ROUGH PARTS OF THE ORDEAL. THIS SONG SEEMS TO BORDER ON SOUNDING LIKE THE BEATLES STRAWBERRY FIELDS? BUT THATS GREAT THO. MARK SLAUGTHERS VOICE IS SO FANTASTIC IN THIS! A REAL SLAUGHTER FAN SHOULD PICK THIS UP FOR THEIR COLLECTION! SLAUGHTER ROCKS!

"Fear No Evil" is a great rock album. There are classic tunes like "Unknown Destination" and "Live Like there's No Tommorow", plus a sappy, heart-jerker, "Breakdown 'n' Cry", plus many strong hard rock selections, including, my personal favorites, "Searchin'" and "Outta My Head." If you consider yourself a Slaughter fan in any shape or form, or even a rock fan, go out and get this album!

By the time Slaughter got around to releasing their third studio album, 1995's Fear No Evil, the musical climate in America had undergone a major upheaval. The Hollywood hair metal and AOR bands that dominated mainstream radio and MTV for the past decade had been swept away en masse by the arrival of grunge and the so-called alternative scene. Some bands tried to adapt to the new sound (Dokken), others walked away completely (Cinderella). Slaughter, top-selling act just a few years earlier, decided to ignore trends and stick with what they knew best.

On Fear No Evil, Slaughter rocks like they've never heard the name Nirvana. It's the kind of upbeat, melodic hair metal album that no one on their right mind would have released in 1995, but God love `em, that's what Slaughter did. Just as The Wild Life was a step forward from Stick It to Ya, Fear No Evil is an improvement over The Wild Life. The band seems to have moved in a more mature melodic rock direction with this album, while at the same time bringing a heavier overall sound. Another plus is that aside from a couple of throwaway instrumental tracks, there's really nothing on Fear No Evil that I would consider filler.

Of course none of this did the band any good. Fear No Evil went largely unnoticed by radio, MTV, and a large chunk of the people who bought the band's earlier albums. Still, my hat's off to Mark and the boys for sticking to their guns and serving up what may be their finest album, regardless of how many people were paying attention.

As 1989 became 1990, new music arrived from new bands and old bands, and Slaughter proved to be one of the most popular bands of the early 90's. At the beginning of their career, they were #1 on Dial MTV, and even though their second album, "The Wild Life" was a top ten album and featured "Real Love", a hit song/video which, in the music video, featured Shannon Doherty, a then famous actress, it failed to live up to the band's expectations that their first album, "Stick It To Ya" had made for them. Their third abum, "Fear No Evil" is not the best Slaughter album, but it is Slaughter's hardest album-ever. Track one, "Live Like There's No Tommorow" is one of the hardest rock songs I have ever heard, and at the beginning of the song, you hear police officers speaking as dialogue on the song, and for sound effects, you hear both sirens on police cars and police helicoptors. One ballad on here, "It'll Be Alright" is very pretty and sounds a lot like The Beatles, and while you can tell that "Yesterday's Gone" is also Beatles influenced, the song could have been better. The only disappointment on this album. My personal favorite ballad on this album is "Searchin'", and I will never know why this song was never a hit. Both the song and the video are very good. Another good track on this album is "Hard Times", a song which is a step-up from Slaughter's lighter material, and at the beginning of this song, there are replay clips of a bunch of old horror movies, Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream Speech", Richard Nixon's "I Shall Resign From The Presidency Affective At Noon Tommorow" speech, and a few other things. Here we also have Slaughter's "real" blues song, "Breakdown N' Cry". If you think Aerosmith's blues work sounds good, you should hear Slaughter's blues song. At first it is hard to like, but it grows on you after a few times. Other Blues artists out there should be jealous by the fact that they didn't write this song. There will probably be some people who won't like "Fear No Evil" because of the fact that it is dark, unlike the lighter Slaughter albums. But if you like Slaughter, and you are willing to give new things a try, you should give this album a listen.

This cd is loaded with a bunch of really good tracks. The best part is that there is veriety here, unlike the rest of their stuff. This was always a talented band from day one, but never one to spark a ganre of music. These guys are pure rock. There is a reason that they made it past the early 90's unlike so many of their contemperies. From the opening Live Like There's No Tomorrow, to the bluesy Breakdown n' Cry, to the best Slaughter song of all time (Unknown Destination) Give me the Fear No Evil Album and I'll be happy

This cd is full of great tracks, although it didnt get any airplay. reguardless what some people may say about them currently, they are true to themselves and their fans, and their real fans will always be true to them. This is a great album for anyone who enjoys music on the positive side of things, music you can enjoy and relate to. I recommend all their albums especially their latest studio album BACK TO REALITY!

After their last album ("The Wild Life") and the changing music scene, most bands like Slaughter just faded away. But this album proves they were going nowhere. While this is better than "The Wild Life", it's not up to the standards "Stick It To Ya" set. "Fear No Evil" reminds me of Firehouse's third album: It has around 5-6 REALLY good songs, and they rest is filler. "Breakdown 'N' Cry" & "Searchin'" are songs that could've been SOOO much better. They are very disappointing. On to the good, as there is much more of that......"Like There's No Tomorrow", "Get Used To It", & "Let The Good Times Roll" are just good rockers. "It'll Be Alright" is the best cut here, in my opinion. It's a great ballad, but doesn't get too sappy. "Hard Times" & "Yesterday's Gone" are the next best ones. Give them a listen. You will instantly love Slaughter again. I highly recommend this CD. You just might be skipping over a few songs, though.

I saw them live when this cd was first released, and I would have to say it is one of their best ones out. I have been a huge Mark Slaughter fan since he first stated with Vinnie Vance Invastion. If you buy any of their cd's I stongly recommend this one.

I listened to this cd non-stop for weeks. Favorites: Live Like There's No Tomorrow, Hard Times, and Outta My Head. Good, tight production.