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New York City. Five boroughs big and filled from district to neighborhood with more urban folklore than a volume of Britanica Encyclopedias. Encompassing these mean streets that never sleep is a music scene so fierce and unrelenting that it had to be categorized as hardcore. Transcending the hardcore scene however is almost as difficult as rising from the gutters of NYC. Hailing from the NYHC scene, Biohazard, attempted just that leap of faith into the eyes of the mainstream with a fair amount of success earlier in the decade. Their modest beginnings in the underground gained them almost cult status from their self titled debut. However, duets with rappers Onyx and the success of their Warner Bros. effort State of the World Address established Biohazard as the crossover hardcore kings. Since that time the band as struggled with somewhat of an identity crisis. The quartet is may finally be coming to terms with their sound on "New World Disorder" as they begin to merge strong, song-orientated writing and catchy hooks with the angst and aggression of the hardcore roots. As one might fathom, however, it is not the easiest task in the world to bridge the gap between the gritty stance of the urban element and the mall-goth imagery of the suburban youth, meaning either one or the other is going to feel slighted somewhat after finishing the disorderly conduct ensuing on Biohazard's Island records offering. In the end, however, the interplay between Evan Seinfeld (bass, vocals) and Billy Graziadei (guitar, vocals) harkens back to their self titled debut, only with more polished productions. There are sing along chorus', moshable breakdowns and enough crossover potential to make every hoodlem from the mean street to the mall parking lot happy when witnessing the songs live. "New World Disorder" may not represent the comeback of the decade for Biohazard, but it does see them as a band taking some of the right steps in re-establishing themselves as a formidable part of the new-school-of-metal equasion.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1. Resist
2. Switchback
3. Salvation
4. End Of My Rope
5. All For None
6. Breakdown
7. Inner Fear On
8. Abandon In Place
9. Skin
10. Camouflage
11. Decline
12. Cycle Of Abuse
13. Dogs Of War
14. New World Disorder
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