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Aug 3, 2017The result is an album that sounds as if it was a blast to make and one that’s immensely enjoyable to listen to.
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Aug 2, 2017In just under a half-hour, the band tear apart any notion that punk music can no longer be inventive or groundbreaking; Dead Cross brings life back into the genre.
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Aug 2, 2017Each track doesn’t just bleed into the next, they hemorrhage into one another like the elevators at the Overlook Hotel.
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Aug 4, 2017Whereas many supergroup albums feel tired and humorless, Dead Cross is a lean hardcore record that drills eardrums like a nitrous-addled dentist.
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Oct 12, 2017Dead Cross’ comely disquiet is bathed in that inimitable Patton charisma, and his vocals add in so many diverse elements that Lombardo and co cannot have foreseen. In short, Patton makes it fun.
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Aug 16, 2017Dead Cross is basically a straight up adventure into Hardcore. The result is an album that clocks in at under 30 minutes and doesn’t just sound dead cross, at times it’s positively furious.
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Aug 16, 2017The results are so ghoulishly compelling that it's akin to shamefully leering out your car window at a grisly accident scene on your way to pick up a pizza. Hardcore done right is a terrible and beautiful thing.
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Aug 7, 2017Dead Cross is a solid record, which doesn’t exactly boast any instant classic songs, but is filled to bursting with individual moments that will floor you.
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Aug 4, 2017Mike Patton fans know to expect the unexpected, and will love this. For Dave Lombardo fans, Dead Cross will be more of a stretch. If you’re an open minded hardcore fan (is that an oxymoron?), I can’t recommend this enough.
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Alternative PressAug 2, 2017The quartet have delivered some of the most raw and willfully demented rock music to be vomited up in 2017, and Patton's inimitable contributions ensure that the crazy meter remains permanently in the red. [Aug 2017, p.82]
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Aug 10, 2017While Dead Cross is a very enjoyable album, which retains a strong connection with the hardcore scene and thrash metal ethics, given the personnel involved in this work, someone might expect something more extravagant and out there.
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Aug 2, 2017It’s a bewildering collection, but one that becomes increasingly compelling with each listen. Just don’t settle into it expecting an easy ride.
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Aug 7, 2017Yes, the music this band makes is undeniably fun--Dead Cross bounces along with so much pep you could almost consider it a party record. But they stick to a fairly straight-ahead take on thrash and hardcore that doesn’t shed much new light on the players involved.
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The WireAug 9, 2017Patton’s signature style is overpowering, transforming an opportunity to create something unique into another of his side-projects.
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MagnetAug 15, 2017The obtuse nature of the song structures, content and riffing are exactly what one expects ... just dressed up as a "surprise." [No. 145, p.55]
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Aug 8, 2017To be sure, it's a crazed, nihilistic rollercoaster and like all rollercoaster rides it has its ups and downs, its moments of exhilaration and its dizzying plunges into horror.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 2 out of 19
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Sep 12, 2017