Snout turns 20 and to celebrate they bring us a remastered selection of unreleased tracks that were recorded in the band's early years, but for some reason or another had not seen the light.
And without a doubt, this is noticeable from the first impression. With the theme Ancestors Das Feuer And The Past ” an obligatory intro very much in the style of what the band taught us in"I hate under the Soul" from 1996. Following this same style comes "Fade into Obvilion" , where after the first minute, we heard the voice of Erk Aicrag carrying the song in a totally obscure way, with somber lyrics, which has become a custom since then for the legendary Mexican band.
Arrives Thy Kingdom Come and it clearly shows us what the Muzzle sound, that Dark-Electro with industrial dyes. A hard beat that has a uniform cadence. This is a new theme, but one that shows that it is also focused in retrospect on his first albums.
"Come and Eat It!"It does not start in a good way, I must say, but boy, does it improve! and it becomes worthy material for Slam pits. "Song of Hate" It takes Rackso to create a bit more elaborate sequences in some parts of the track, but it is definitely nothing close to a genius and can be excessively long (6:15 min!) for what it offers, which, like I already said it is not surprising.
And since we already went through the hate songIt was obviously time to open the gates of Hell, with "Open the Gates of Hell", an instrumental song where Rackso shines on the synthesizer, giving it a totally dark, gloomy and melancholic touch.
And since the gates of hell are open, from hell comes the puppet army. Army of Puppets It is a totally appropriate song for dance floors. Completely rhythmic beats without complications, but resulting in an excellent song. But after dancing, Muzzle gets more aggressive with Saviors which can recall in synthesizer and sequences to "Hell on Earth ” from the album -already cited- "I hate under the Soul". Coincidence? I really don't think so. Obviously Muzzle has gotten very Old School.
We continue with "The Rebirth of the Fallen" without any kind of voice, as a way out of the hell that opened. A quiet track totally dark and that gives entrance to "I'm Insane" a little song that is precisely for that: Go crazy.
"Dissolve Me" It is quiet and well located within the structure of the disc, but up to there. I don't feel like I propose anything to this production, but neither does it detract from it at any time.
And we meet again another song without lyrics: "Silence in the Land of Dreams" and just like with "Open the Gates of Hell" We are presented with elaborate sequences but leaving aside the melancholic and revealing a more electronic side.
We met with "Trust", a cover by Robert Smith from The Cure. Good cover, surely another return to the first years, when the band was just beginning to experiment with Hocico de Perro back in the north of Mexico City.
"The Dreamers" oooo another instrumental and that it already gives us indicates that we are near the end of the album, as well as "Go Fuck Yourself!" where again we hear the aggressiveness almost reaching punk and a good song to close. As another we find Follow Me Down to harmoniously emerge from this distressing mix of sounds.
This album has two editions, the standard one with the aforementioned tracklist and a Deluxe version called Pyramid Wooden Box Set where it includes two other discs with demos and other posters of the band inside a cardboard pyramid.
I am pleased that Hocico on its twentieth anniversary rediscovers and shares songs that were once around, a very good way to celebrate.
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