S.O.D. - Bigger Than The Devil
1999 Nuclear Blast America

Track Listing:
1.  Bigger Than The Devil
2.  The Crackhead Song
3.  Kill The Assholes
4.  Monkeys Rule
5.  Skool Bus
6.  King At The King / Evil Is In
7.  Black War
8.  Celtic Frosted Flakes
9.  Charlie Don't Cheat
10. The Song That Won't Go Fast
11. Shenanigans
12. Dog On The Tracks
13. Xerox
14. Make Room, Make Room
15. Free Dirty Needles
16. Fugu
17. Noise That's What
18. We All Bleed Red
19. Frankenstein And His Horse
20. Every Tiny Molecule (We All Eat Shit)
21. Aren't You Hungry ?
22. L.A.T.K.C.H.
23. Ballad Of Mike Hutchens
24. Ballad Of Phil Hartman
25. Moment Of Truth

Line-Up:
Vocals:  Billy Milano
Guitars:  Scott Ian
Bass:  Dan Lilker
Drums:  Charlie Benante

Horatio's Rating:  D
Overall Rating:  D

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M.O.D. - The Rebel You Love To Hate by Horatio

Horatio's Review:
Simply this album rates as one of the most ill conceived comebacks in metal history.  S.O.D.'s 1985 'Speak English Or Die' was innovative for the time, a plethora of short tracks, mostly short slices of grindcore, the likes of which had barely been heard at that point.  It was a one of supposedly, the band playing select shows over the preceding years that kept it a novelty of sorts, especially the hilarious 1992 live album 'Live At The Budokan'.  Due to the bands startling popularity they issued a second album in 1999, why I have no idea.  Fourteen years later the joke was dead.  Twenty five dull tracks, with the expected joke thrashers and stale social commentary.  Ha ha, listen to the band parody King Diamond and Celtic Frost.  And dude how funny are those one second tributes to 'Michael H' and 'Phil H'?  Did you also know 'Charlie Don't Cheat'?  On whom?  Joey Z?  Ian's guitar tone is miserable, a mixture of nu-metal meets Pantera, a factor which caused fat fart Milano to disown him.  So much had passed in between albums that S.O.D.'s impact had diminished to nothing.  It feels more like an M.O.D. album, with Milano's typical rants about foreigners and trend followers.  Appropriately S.O.D. split in rancour after several tours.  I don't even care for the debut anymore.  Want my copies?
Horatio's Rating:  D

Discography (last updated 7.27.06):
Crab Society North demo - 1985
Speak English Or Die - 1985
Live At Budokan - 1992
Bigger Than The Devil - 1999
Split with Yellow Machinegun - 1999