Review : RED FANG – “Red Fang”

Red Fang - “Red Fang”
released March 31, 2009 by Sargent House

Bloodthirsty young groove rockers explode from the Portland, Oregon underground with their debut album.  It’s slopping over with almost more riff-heavy crunch than you can handle, but they ably balance inventive harmonies with the unbridled revelry. They mean Big Business. They proudly wield The Sword (and other weapons, too … check out the hilarious video for “Prehistoric Dog”). They’re here to Clutch your underwear, give you all Melvins, and Torche the town. Whatever, that’s enough…just listen to it. From the initial blasting three-part combination of tracks to the downtempo dirge of 4 and beyond, we got a burrower here, folks. Expect this to be on many Best of 2009 lists (including mine), even with 9 months to go.

FCC OK
Try *1*, 2, 3, *4*, 5, 8, 9

01. Prehistoric Dog
02. Reverse Thunder
03. Night Destroyer
04. Humans Remain Human Remains
05. Good To Die
06. Bird On Fire
07. Wings Of Fang
08. Sharks
09. Whales And Leeches
10. Witness

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