No Holds Barred (Live) - Biohazard > Reviews > Hazard Lights

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Good
Value for Money

Advantages:	Pure anger
Disadvantages:	Mixed sound quality

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Somewhat surprisingly this is the Brooklyn bruisers first ever offical live release. Why is this surprising? Because the live forum showcases the band at their most powerful. It is in this arena that we witness them as the masters of crossover metal-core power. Previously I wasn't too much a fan on the band's studio output, primarily because the sterile recording environment has never managed to capture their ferocious angst attck. But that certainly changes in a live scenario.

Clocking in a just over an hour, No Holds Barred contains 20 tracks of pure unadultered anger, genuine "wrong side of the tracks" attitude and fury.

Recorded in Hamburg earlier this year during their highly successful European tour, the new album really does show how Biohazard are one of the only bands around at the moment who manage to convincingly combinte heavy-duty street anger with both rap and hardcore metal.