S.O.D.--Bigger Than the Devil

S.O.D.--Bigger Than the Devil (1999/Nuclear Blast) Rating--7.1

Over ten years after first surfacing, the entity known as the Stormtroopers of Death remain fairly the same. Still a fair spackling of nasty grooves, still a good number of brief, pointless meanderings. The distortion and overall direction is a bit meatier now, as there is more of a heavy-handed crunch.
The title track is good and thick, and some heavy riffage moves "The Crackhead Song." "Black War" moves from swift and steady to a balanced chug, and "Aren't You Hungry?" features a patented S.O.D. mid-groove.
"Free Dirty Needles" is fast and tight-packed, and "Make Room, Make Room" is good as well.
If you like your metal on the lighter side thematically, but still heavy at the core, then S.O.D. might be right up your alley.
TRACK LIST: Bigger Than the Devil/The Crackhead Song/Kill the Assholes/Monkeys Rule/Skool Bus/King at the King - Evil Is In/Black War/Celtic Frosted Flakes/Charlie Don't Cheat/The Song That Don't Go Fast/Shenanigans/Dog on the Tracks/ Xerox/Make Room, Make Room/Free Dirty Needles/Fugu/Noise That's What/We All Bleed Red/Frankenstein and His Horse/ Every Tiny Molecule/Aren't You Hungry?/L.A.T.K.C.H./Ballad of Michael H./Ballad of Phil H./Moment of Truth

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