Crimson-Spectre
Reviews of our new demo/album sampler: Crimson Spectre-demo So rare that a disc is this difficult to pigeon hole in one way or another, but I can easily sat that THE CRIMSON SPECTRE are growing on me rapidly as I try to decide what to call them. Barked tough guy vocals, but intelligent, historical, and brutally personal lyrics (I'm not talking the "woe is me I long for my girlfriend" variety"). There's more of a rock'n'roll feel than"hardcore" and there are more than enough guitar leads (notice I did not say "too many"). Everything is fast, but not metal fast, just good solid thrashy hardcore fast, where you can still rock out without looking like too much of a spazz. This is for the eyeliner and tight pants crowd, but also for the thrashers...hence my conundrum. It's very good, how about that? This is just a demo, and I am curious to see which direction this band takes...certainly there is potential here to evolve into something incredible. "Jason Masks and Marxists tracts / hammers and sickles for the children of the corn. -Robert / Slug and Lettuce #78.
