One of the cool things I discovered while listening to this disc is that there's more of Slaves On Dope's own creativity and personality forged into this CD than there is room for comparisons to any other bands out there today. There are faint similarities in the strobe like nu-metal twang of guitarist Kevin Jardine's superior chops to those of Soulfly and Slipknot. But where those bands guitar parts fall out and make way for endless Hip-Hop rants at the most inopportune times of a song, Jardine's guitar playing drives these songs all the way through from start to finish. The whole band, which also includes Frank Salvaggio on bass and Rob Urbani on drums have created a certified Beast with "Inches from the Mainline." Slaves On Dope has more in common with an old school metal band like Sabbath than they do with any of the carbon copy of one another nu-metal bands.
The disc starts off with "Brotherly Love",
which is a the classic statement on which the newly elected William Jefferson
Clinton makes his best attempt at cleaning up some of the skeletons in
his closet before his term in office gets fully underway. Does anybody
remember the statement he made in regard to his little brother Roger Clinton's
drug problems? It goes, "I have a brother who's a drug addict, I'm
very proud of him." Yep, old Billy Boy sounds about as country dumb
as country comes. Good thing the Clinton intro isn't an elongated
one and only takes up ten seconds of the listener's time. After the
intro Slaves On Dope launches right into the fast, rhythmic and unpredictable
"Pushing Me." Throughout the twelve songs on this disc that includes
more of the consistent pummeling that "Pushing Me" sets the tone for, Slaves
On Dope also executes tempo and chord changes that flow right into one
another instead of throwing the listener off in a drastic way. The
lyrical theme throughout the disc runs a straight line through subjects
of moving on and getting away from the things that negatively affect our
lives. Moving away from negativity promotes self-empowerment and
self-empowerment enables us to move away from negativity. All in
all, a great band writing great songs and putting on killer live shows
on their non-stop tour schedule. Catch them when they come to your
town and pick up �Inches From The Mainline" wherever CD's and tapes are
sold.
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