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A IIARBby John Forgach -en rule" in mind. I would alsorather save the crappy reviewsfor the releases that redlydeserve it, not because I don'tcare for the style of music. So,if MTV style, feel-good rockand roll is your cup of tea, thentake a sip of MACHINE PISH,courtesy of the GalacticCowboys.Terminal Sect's firstrelease, THEHUMANSCONDITIONED. - - THEGUN WORSHIP EP alsocontains three newtracks. I wonder how thefound space on the CD fothree new songs with only seventy minutes to play with?HOSTILITYBrickCentury MediThe band Hostility hails fromthe wheat fields of Kansas.Though they don't have thecruel streets of a big city toinspire them, the band claimsthat there is plenty to hate inthe Midwest. I think the guysare just harboring resentmentto fact that there wasn't anynudity in "The W i d of Oz",which as we all know tookplace partially in their homestate. The band reminds me alittle of Pantera. Most of thesongs on the album chug onwith moderate tempo, anddetuned heaviness. Of coursethere is the exception on tracksix, when the band sneaks in aballad. The song is a tribute totheir late father, so I guess I'mgoing to have to cut them abreak. If you found coal inyour stocking this Christmas,instead of a copy of Hostility'sBRICK, then you just may haveto go out and get one foryourself.GALACTIC COWBOYSMachine FishMetal BladeThe Galactic Cowboy's,MACHINE FISH, could be bestdescribed as a rock album. Yes,I could go on for the better partof this page'whining abouthow it's not heavy enough, or,that there's not enough of theobligatory references to Satan -but I'm not going to. I'm try-MERAUDERMaster KillerCentury MediaNew York City has producedanother heavy, gang experienced,metal band. The bandwill probably be compared tobands like Biohazard, thoughthere is one big differencebetween Merauder and all ofthe other band's with similarsQles and histories. Merauderhappens to actually be good.No, scratch that. They are oneof the better "metal" bands I'veheard in a while. MASTERKILLER, the band's first fulllengthrelease, has laid a solidfoundation for Merauder tobuild upon. UASTER KILLERis pure, power metal. This isone band to look out for.PARADISE LOSTDraconian Z'ZmesMusic For NationsI made it through song three.I just didn't have the strengthto go on. I didn't want tochanq losing the will to live alltogether by listening to more.Oh, gee .... am I being negative?Let me try this then. Maybeyou'll like it....but I doubt it.SACRED REICHHeal .Metal BladeSacred Reich's, HEAL, is theband's fourth full-lengthrelease in their nine year history.The album is packed withall of the intensity and thoughtprovoking lyrical messages thatyou would expect from aSacred Reich release. The sixthtrack, "Jason's Idea", even hasa miked bong hit to intro thesong. Inventive guys. Manybands have used drugs toinspire their artistry, but theseguys have incorporated actualdrug use into their songs.Neato. This band has beenaround for a long time. Theirfirst album, IGNORANCEcame out in 1987.. Sacred Reichwas one of the few bands atthat time, that helped pull theass of metal out of the firewhen it was really starting tosuck.TERMINAL SECTThe Gun Worship EPNone Of The AboveTerminal Sect's latest industrialoffering, THE GUN WOR-SHIP EP, gets this month'saward for value. Didn't knowit existed now did you? Therelease is packed with over seventyminutes of music, and featuresremixes by: EnEsch(KMFDM), JohnBergin(Trust Obey), CrisMoriarty(Controlled Bleeding),and Coin of the Realm. I'massuming the remixes are ofsongs which appeared onTHOUGHT INDUSTRYOuter Space Is Just A MartiniAwayMetal BladeI will admit, when I firstreceived Thought Industry'slatest, OUTER SPACE IS JUSTA MARTINI AWAY, I was sureI wouldn't like it. It tookweeks for me to even take theCD out of its case. Before listeningI thought it would beanother crappy, artsy attemptat trying to come up withsomething new, that would endup falling pathetically short.When I finally committedmyself to listening to thealbum, I put the CD in theplayer, and found myselfenjoying what I heard. At onepoint, I even caught myselfstrapping on my......(Oh youpeople a& sick!) strapping onmy air guitar. This release ismost definitely different. It's avery well put together album.Thought Industry combinesplenty of aggression and intensity with finesse. The band'sstyle is hard to label.Something I'm so fond ofdoing. Metal Blade, the band'shome, describes TholightIndustry as "hardcore - newwave". Thought Industry havebeen found on tour with bandsas diverse as Prong and Slayer,to Hole, KMFDM, and theAfghan Whigs.-ForgachI