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Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Great new stuff by Send More Paramedics
Disadvantages:	Short album

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This is the new split LP featuring british zombiecore kings Send More Paramedics and american mad men Zombie Apocalypse. With 10 tracks of tharshing zombiecore (5 for each band) this album gives you a taste of the newer SMP material and some of the best stuff that i have heard from Zombie Apocalypse.

Run down track by track:

1. Just Meat - Zombie Apocalypse: Quick opener sets the tone for the ZA half of the record.

2. God I Hope The Data Is Lying - Zombie Apocalypse: 1 min and 1 second of chanting lyrics, clever riffs and with pop sensibility.

3. Breaking Off Fingers - Zombie Apocalypse: More of the same, brutal thrash with a nod to grindcore.

4. Murder Be A Lady Tonight - Zombie Apocalypse: More classic stuff from the ex Shai Hulud boys.

5. Tale Told By A Dead Man - Zombie Apocalypse: Their best song on the album for me. Clever use of samples creates an
impressively errie concluding track of the ZA half.

6. From The Void - Send More Paramedics: Great opener form the Leeds boys, fast funny and punchy.

7. Zombie Versus Shark - Send More Paramedics: Classic, one of my favourite songs. Brillainty written and a clever homage piece to Lucio Fulci Zombie Flesh Eaters. Has everthing you come to expect form SMP.

8. Funeral - Send More Paramedics: Not their best song but still very good, shows the more mature side to the band and maybe the influence of two members of SMP being in The Nothing.

9. Nothing Tastes Like This - Send More Paramedics: Another classic that shows their progession. Slayer style solos mix with the catchy lyrics to create one of their best songs

10. This Is the Place of Wailing and The Gnashing of Teeth - Send More Paramedics: This song shows the range of B'Hellmouths vocals, another classic that wraps up this album in a barbic fashion.

Overall this is a great album, with the best of both bands on display. Might not be everybodies cup of tea, being in essences a hardcore album, but if you want something different from the scene, get this.