antiReviews:
Slaves On Dope –Inches From The Mainline
Review by: Goth Brooks
Label: Divine/Priority Records
Track Listing:
Brotherly Love
Pushing Me
I Can’t Die
Fallout
Thanks For Nothing
Inches From The Mainline
No More Faith
Stick It Up
Why
Bitch Slap
Kafka Bug
Leader of Losers
Slaves On Dope are a Canadian band who crosses
more than just geographical borders with the full throttle intensity they
carry out on the unsuspecting listeners of their Divine Recordings release
“Inches From The Mainline.” The overall heaviness of this recording
is staggering, the guitars are grinding, the drums and bass are hard, pounding,
and solid, and Jason Rockman’s fully committed vocals transcend well beyond
most vocalists in this genre of modern music. All these things must
surely be the same things Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne liked about this band
when making them the first signing to their Divine Recordings record label.
One of the cool things I discovered while
listening to this disc is that there’s more of Slaves On Dope’s own creativity
and personality forged into this CD than there is room for comparisons
to any other bands out there today. There are faint similarities
in the strobe like nu-metal twang of guitarist Kevin Jardine’s superior
chops to those of Soulfly and Slipknot. But where those bands guitar
parts fall out and make way for endless Hip-Hop rants at the most inopportune
times of a song, Jardine’s guitar playing drives these songs all the way
through from start to finish. The whole band, which also includes
Frank Salvaggio on bass and Rob Urbani on drums have created a certified
Beast with “Inches from the Mainline.” Slaves On Dope has more in
common with an old school metal band like Sabbath than they do with any
of the carbon copy of one another nu-metal bands.
The disc starts off with “Brotherly Love”,
which is a the classic statement on which the newly elected William Jefferson
Clinton makes his best attempt at cleaning up some of the skeletons in
his closet before his term in office gets fully underway. Does anybody
remember the statement he made in regard to his little brother Roger Clinton’s
drug problems? It goes, “I have a brother who’s a drug addict, I’m
very proud of him.” Yep, old Billy Boy sounds about as country dumb
as country comes. Good thing the Clinton intro isn’t an elongated
one and only takes up ten seconds of the listener’s time. After the
intro Slaves On Dope launches right into the fast, rhythmic and unpredictable
“Pushing Me.” Throughout the twelve songs on this disc that includes
more of the consistent pummeling that “Pushing Me” sets the tone for, Slaves
On Dope also executes tempo and chord changes that flow right into one
another instead of throwing the listener off in a drastic way. The
lyrical theme throughout the disc runs a straight line through subjects
of moving on and getting away from the things that negatively affect our
lives. Moving away from negativity promotes self-empowerment and
self-empowerment enables us to move away from negativity. All in
all, a great band writing great songs and putting on killer live shows
on their non-stop tour schedule. Catch them when they come to your
town and pick up ‘Inches From The Mainline” wherever CD’s and tapes are
sold.
Posted by MADROX 420:
SCREW ANYONE WHO DON"T LIKE THIS BAND(SO THANKS FOR NOTHING)
Posted by crimson moon 13:
I FIRST HEARD SLAVES ON DOPE LIVE ACTUALLY AT OZZFEST LAST YEAR... FIRST REACTION WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER F*CKIN SH*TTY NEW BAND LIKE MAJORORITY OF THE MAINSTREAM MUSIC IS NOW BUT I WAS ABSOLUTELY WRONG THEY KICKED A$$... THIS IS ONE ALBUM I CAN GET OUT ALL MY F*CKIN AGGRESSION ON
Posted by Tuna on Rye:
They suck. The drummer is bisexual and the bas player belongs in the hair club for men.
Posted by evilklown:
Slaves on Dope is an awesmoe band. From Ozzfest 2000 I have been in love with the dope they put through the speakers. It's a high listening to their new album but I have a question. I have some MP3s of songs that aren't on the new album and I can't find another album, nor can I find the lyrics anywhere. These include songs such as "Recognize" and "Prom Queen". If anyone has any info or a previous non-mainstream album, email me and we'll talk business.
evilklown@whoever.com
Posted by Ice: The fag that said Limp Bizkit is that
best can suck my dick. I would pay good money to see all the members of
SOD to kick the f*ck out of Fred Durst.
Posted by
alex the beast: I think slaves on dope is a real good
band. They're cd is really cool and I suggest you to buy it. From the beginning
to the end the album is very hot. Slaves on dope is the real $hit. SOD
Posted by Mark
Fool: slaves on dope i know them theyre f^cking
bad
Posted byTyrone(a.k.a.
Tim): Slaves on dope is the best hard-core metal
band out....they are the $hit.....if u dont have the c.d. u better go out
and buy it right NOW! it is the $hit
Posted byTricia: This band deserves the best in life...
Posted bySunny: SLAVES ON DOPE are Da BOMB!!@@ They are
a great group of guys who know how to put on a show and make the crowd
move!!@#@ I can't wait to see them at this year's Ozzfest 2001. They will
tear it up!!@#
OZZman
Slaves on dope ROCKED Bristow Va during
OZZfest and i bought the cd the second it came out. (under 10 bucks too,
not to bad). If slaves just got to go on tour with Metallica or Pantera
or someone of those likes (not just OZZfest), they'd be world renoun. love
this band to death. Pure metal to the end. And hopefully they can set an
example for newer metal bands that doing the rapcore bullsh*t ain't necassary.
5 stars to Inches From the Mainline. fuucking great.
lol
sounds like a bear that take a sh*t to
me
the max
This is one of the best releases of the
year. It's driving, real, suprisingly original. Lets not forget loud and
in your face, and above all it just plain rocks.
RapeBcool
Dope is right. Only dopers gonna like
this stuff. Limp Bizkit is the Shizts U All!
Elvin Mouse
Slaves on Dope are one of my newest fav's.
I 1st got to hear them at Ozzfest (Aug 14, 2000) And I was hooked instantly!!
Their music is real.. They have such passion for what they aer doing..
which really shows through their stage preformance. They are not trying
to be great and imprerss people. They are in this for themselves, and are
playing what is real to them. THey have a great sound and lyrics that make
so much sence. I really respect and admire tehm for that! And I honestly
believe they are going to get really big once people get to hear them.
And even if they don't.. I can say for sure that they have at least one
DEVOTED fan
Homocore
SOD=Sodomy On Demand
G vs. E
I'm all out of momma jokes wheras you
probably went out and bought the book after so many people talked trash
about yours. So instead I'll just say that you talk more sh*t than LaToya
Jackson Motherfukker.
SOD
G Vs. E's Momma is so ugly that Linda
Tripps husband won't even do her!
G vs. E
SOD's momma is so hairy that when Bigfoot
saw her he broke out the camera and started taking pictures of her for
the National Enquirer.
SOD
And teh initials rightly belong to Stormtroopers
of Death! they were first. Now speak english or fukkin Die bastards!
SOD
And yu got canceled not once but 2 times!
But I do gtta say G vs. E was a cool show. Now back to your mother. Your
momma is so fat that when she jumps in the air she gets stuck!
G vs. E
Your mommas name is Bubba SOD.
SOD
I thought we called your mom that. how
about sh!t on disc!
G vs. E
Because then we'd have to find a new name
for your mom SOD.
SOD
how about suck on dick?
the max
But then your leaving out System of a
Down.
GOTH BROOKS
okay Murph, were gonna initiate calling
Stormtroopers of Death SOD, and Slaves on Dope SOD. Ha ha! Why don't we
just refer to Slaves on Dope as "Slaves" in order to cut the confusion.
Murph
Oh great, here comes the great confusion
of Slaves on Dope and Stormtroopers of Death. SOD or...SOD?
RockNazi
ok sod does have a dif thang going than
all these other new metal bands but it still doesn't ring my bell. but
I give em props for being somewhat original.
SOURCHUX
Cool thing about Slaves on Dope is that
none of them do dope or even drink. How ironic.
Tweater
I agree Goth. I loved this CD
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