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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...,
By Pamela Scarangello (Middletown, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Speak & Destroy (Audio CD)
"Speak and Destroy," the industrial debut CD from My Ruin, officially marks Miss B's transition from hardcore hip-hop to heavy metal. Heavily inspired by the Book of Revelations (the Biblical tale about the Antichrist), "Speak and Destroy" is a Goth rock recording laced with vampire lust, black lace and crucifictions. Much more expressive in her vocals here than in her previous works with Tura Satana, Tairrie B. portrays an angry ex-lover who, after repeatedly questioning her faith in God, falls in love with a Hell-spawned mate and gets tangled in a dangerous web of abuse, jealousy and deception. She soars on an emotional roller-coaster, emitting earth-shattering screams, sensual croons and low whispers. Some songs mark Miss B. as the vamp, a temptress capable of luring men to their deaths. In others, she is declared the bruised victim, naive and brainwashed by her boyfriend's angelic aura. "Speak and Destroy" has plenty of audio highlights: "Close Your Eyes" (which appears to be set in a cheap motel room) is rhythmically supported by a swaying bass, which in turn provides the song's sleazy nature. "Beautiful Flower" paints the picture of a terrifying garden, one where dying blossoms wilt beaneath a black sky and rooted in a blood-soaked patch. Both "Horrible Pain" and "June 10th" stand on their own with Tairrie B.'s provacative spoken word poetry. In songs like "Blasphemous Girl" and "Diavolina," Mick Murphy's tense guitar strings appear to quiver and stretch in tension.I chose to rate "Speak and Destroy" 4 stars because I felt there were some minor flaws. Tairrie's Goth-style lyrics seem somewhat corny here and there (at least when compared to those on the 2001 "Prayer Under Pressure" CD). The lyrical content incorporates dialogue from well-known horror movies, the number 666, self-mutilation, red lipstick, occult symbols and even Johnny Homicidal (a spooky comic book sold in Hot Topic stores). Also, I personally feel that the "Prologue" and "Epilogue" commentary should be eliminated, for they are completely out of place with the rest of the album's concept. Nevertheless, despite having a 4-star rating, "Speak and Destroy" is definitely an album one has to have in his/her collection: not only was it created by a talented rock group, but the CD exudes an eerie and beautiful substance that is tragically lacking in MTV videos.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
If I have to, I will ruin myself, and it will be My Ruin,
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This review is from: Speak & Destroy (Audio CD)
After hearing this ferocious, independent, angry, anti-Christian hypocrisy woman's metal sound, plus her cover of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love," this ended up on my shelf, followed later by her better second album, and most recently, her third release. Here are the highlights."Terror" is mostly monologue, with a drum machine going on, along with a fierce grinding metal guitar, after which she angrily screams "f----r!" These lines describe what Tairrie B is about: "I choose to speak, sing, scream/I am lips, hips, t-ts... I am the power of a woman." and "I am cold and distant yet warm and close/to those who deserve to see that side of me/part of me... the heart of me/You find me so hard to understand in your world/The world you perceive to be so normal/I am deformed... scorned, reborn/I am me." Here is where we get the name of her group: "Because nobody is going to ruin me, if I have to I will ruin myself.. And it will be 'My Ruin'/f----r!" Her cover of "Tainted Love" features a chugging metal guitar, with industrial distorted vocals that later turn into her trademark roars. I prefer her version to Manson's any day. "Blasphemous Girl" describes Tairrie to a tee. After some opening heavy and slowly chugging power chords recall early Soundgarden or Hole, she raps the lyrics at a quick tempo. God wants a..." "I AM A BLASPHEMOUS GIRL" she roars, along with some provocative line about a supposed saviour. Pounding power chords hammer out something apocalyptic while she roars out the rest of the song. The last line is some creative: "Honesty looks good on you, but liar should be your tattoo." "Absolution" shows her living in a dark world, tormented by lies of her loved one, telling of being scarred and wounded. At the end, she says, "My revenge on you will not kill you/it will make you want to kill yourself." Now that's a kind of revenge I'd like to enact. "Horrible Pain (Within My Heart)" is a creepy spoken word recitation over an electric guitar and echoing drums of a demonic man who's Tairrie's lover, saviour, whatever, and some of the descriptions are spine-chilling: "I call it his serial killer look/Like he wants to f--- me and kill me all at the same time/it scares me./it turns me on." "This is a mantra, so be warned/hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" screams Tairrie in "Diavolina." I haven't heard of any revenge songs against another girl, where the title character says "dirty girl so mean/can't clean me/I will be your disease." "Sick With It" features pounding metal chords and roars, while "June 10" is a sad spoken heartbreaking remembrance of the day Tairrie meets someone, someone who is no longer part of her life. "Cosmetic" is a commentary on how makeup on women is a false front that doesn't reveal inner beauty: "lipstick just distorts her mouth/mascara puts her eyes to sleep/Cos beauty's only skin deep." Tairrie is SICK OF THE "Sycophant", and slams nu-metal groups and those who blindly follow them, i.e. "children of the Korn." As for the groups, she sings, "tryna scare us with your scream, but it's all routine and all you do is take and steal and imitate." And no one screams "WHY?" in an anguished and angry roar like Tairrie. Other songs incorporate either slow, minimalist industrial sounds, or Tairrie's angry roars, but the inner pain and anger she feels is enough to either make one very uncomfortable, or suck in that pain and anger and make it one's own. Where Sarah Brightman represents the benign angelic ideal, Tairrie B is my Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance whose songs of pain with motifs of Jesus and the crucifixion, and a rage that's unrivalled, the ne plus ultra of the woman scorned. Here is one woman who destroys when she speaks, mostly the destruction of hypocrisy and lies of both organized religion and bad men.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Amazing Album!,
By Kristi (Lakewood, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Speak & Destroy (Audio CD)
I am so pleased that I purchased Speak & Destroy by My Ruin. I would certainly recommend to ANYONE that they purchase this album. Tairrie B has the most amazing voice and I can tell she poured her heart out into the lyrics of this album. Hard and heavy at times in songs like Sycophant, yet slightly soft in songs like June 10th. I love this album!
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