By Martha Hughes

When I first got this CD, I thought, cool, gorecore! Well, Impaler don’t play gorecore, but have no fear, little ones, they do sing about zombies, grave robbers from outer space, meat wagons, and all the creatures that inhabit the darkside, but their music is more punk rock and schlock rock than metal. You might be thinking to yourself, “oh, fuck that”, but you’d be wrong! This is really fun shit! From the mailer that accompanied their collection of maim and bloodshed, they have recorded a lot of records, having been around the underground for quite a while. They also enjoy mimicing different styles. They recorded a record once called Porcelain God, where they played groove-laden metal, making fun of Pantera-style metal. I would LOVE to hear that. They have done the same treatment to black metal and death metal, by the way. Their humorous look at destruction reminds me of an Los Angeles band I love called Rosemary’s Billygoat, who also blast every moving thing on the planet, and do it onstage with fire. What a tour those two bands could have! Impaler’s version of Wendy O. Williams’ “Black Leather Monster” is very cool. I highly recommend this CD!

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