This is the second full length album released by Superjoint Ritual. Read more on Last.fm.
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This is the second full length album released by Superjoint Ritual. Read more on Last.fm.
Superjoint Ritual is a metal band formed in 1993 from New Orleans, USA notably featuring Phil Anselmo of Pantera, Jimmy Bower of EyeHateGod (both of whom later played in Down), Kevin Bond, and country-music star Hank Williams III.
"Use Once and Destroy", their debut album, is a frenzied mix of hardcore, sludge, punk, and thrash metal. It was followed by "A Lethal Dose of American Hatred" just one year later.
Sadly, shortly after a tour in support of the album Read more on Last.fm
After their near flawless debut, Use Once And Destroy, Superjoint seemed poised for a good run of music that would follow in the same vein comfortably.
Then they reconvened, hit a wall and released this sub par, half baked sophmore attempt. The whole record seems phoned in. The lack of melody worked on the first record. Here, the minimal inclusion of it sinks the entire piece, a short, uninspired retread, annoyingly counted off each time.
This is a sad entry from a promising band.