Fearle$$ Leader - God Bless the Devil(Gulcher 428)

The hilariously ironic title is the best thing about this release. The first five tracks are ridiculously dumb Thorazine thuds and Satanic Soper stomps, brainless Ricky retardo riffing. All hail the dark lords of white sale, mediocre, cut-out bin, one-dimensional m-m-m-metal. Maybe the metal heads will get this. I'm sorry, I don't.

These guys apparently elected, by misguided personal choice, to be these horrid Kiss gone kinky make-up smeared, drunken hell clowns in need of a sugar fix. The CD is dedicated to Saverio Goffredo, who co-wrote and sings "Doin' Donuts". Fearle$$ Leader and all of their many friends probably think this is pretty funny stuff. Maybe I just don't get the joke, see the humor, or recognize the redeeming social value.

The second five is the "punk rock" side of the band and is much improved over the stoned out devil worship of the metal side. Set deaux is still pretty dire and derivative card carrying, club member punky punk punk. There's really nothing that won't whistle right through your head without so much as a brief pause. "Toxic Crotch", "Move a Little" and "She's Got Cancer" would've made a nice little EP, maybe throw in "Doin' Donuts".

These guys are the kind of band that would make you drink too much beer, think too little, hoot, holler and raise way too much hell. Based on the sleeve pictures, they must have also been quite a sight to see live too, but, alas, they are no more. Recorded in 1997, this is their second full length release following 1992's "¡#$;!" (Hell Yeah Records) aka the "Graveyard Rot" movie soundtrack. You figure it out.