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The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo
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  • Summary: The Northern California experimental rock band reunite Mike Patton, Trey Spruance, and Trevor Dunn, with Anthrax's Scott Ian, and ex-slayer Dave Lombardo to re-record its trash metal-influenced demo.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Consequence
    Oct 29, 2020
    91
    The album could stand to be 10 minutes shorter, but who’s to complain about having too much of a good thing? Recorded pre-pandemic, the joy and enthusiasm of the reunion tour is captured here and the results are immensely entertaining. If you like thrash, then the Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo is mandatory listening.
  2. Glide Magazine
    Oct 28, 2020
    80
    The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo is the most accessible Mr. Bungle album, if it’s possible for thrash metal to be accessible. ... Fans looking for the outlandishness of Disco Volante may be disappointed, but anyone looking for angry, nonsensical mosh music will find everything they need.
  3. Kerrang!
    Oct 28, 2020
    80
    Grown men revisiting their youthful hijinks should be a terrible idea or, to borrow an FNM title, a midlife crisis. Instead, this record is an absolute rager, testament to both the original material and the present-day dedication of its lunatic creators.
  4. AllMusic
    Oct 29, 2020
    80
    What's best is that Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny doesn't sound like it was brought into the 21st-century kicking and screaming. It does all that and more, but there's so much mad joy at the helm -- this is a band that would close their shows with a faithful cover of the Alan Parsons Project ballad "Time" while masked and covered in blood -- that the material feels bracing, vital, and rooted in the present.
  5. Clash Music
    Oct 28, 2020
    70
    The crisp, contemporary production is a revelation with the finer details bursting out at every moment. It’s a stark contrast to the original demo, which sounded like they were playing in your neighbour’s flooded garage and hurriedly recording everything direct to tape before the C45 ran out.
  6. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 8, 2020
    70
    A weirdly uncomfortable and exhilarating listening from start to finish. [Jan 2021, p.85]
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  7. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 8, 2020
    70
    A weirdly uncomfortable and exhilarating listening from start to finish. [Jan 2021, p.85]
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. GamerGhost007
    Feb 7, 2021
    10
    Didn't love this album at 1st but it's grown on me. It's up there with their best work. The vocal talent alone is mind boggling. I don't knowDidn't love this album at 1st but it's grown on me. It's up there with their best work. The vocal talent alone is mind boggling. I don't know how Mike Patton does it, especially after all these years. This band is tenacious. The tracks are all really hard hitting except the 1st track, but even that one gets hard by the end, and may cause you to jump out of your seat if you're not paying attention when it does. Best way to describe the feeling this music induces would be it's like being on a rollercoaster peaking on acid.… Expand
  2. heitorzinho
    Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incredible, and unic album and visuals. Ariana gave us the 2020 savery with this absolute masterpiece!… Expand
  4. cucko0
    Oct 30, 2020
    9
    This album is an incredible timeless masterpiece. The band aged pretty well and this album gives everything Bungle always does perfectly :This album is an incredible timeless masterpiece. The band aged pretty well and this album gives everything Bungle always does perfectly : it´s funny, well produced and heavy as hell. i was expecting this album to be a generic thrash metal album, but I'm glad I was wrong. If you like heavy music, if you like Mr. Bungle, if you like pure chaos and madness, if you like good music regardless of any label you should give them a try. The album is not like any of their previous album, but it is as good as.
    Fav. Tracks : Grizzly Adams, Habla Español O Muere, Bungle Grind, Eracist    … Expand
  5. rjmacready
    Oct 30, 2020
    8
    How sad, to see an all-time favourite band sink so low.

    To clarify: there's absolutely nothing "wrong" with this album. If you're in the    How sad, to see an all-time favourite band sink so low.

    To clarify: there's absolutely nothing "wrong" with this album. If you're in the mood for an hour - a very LONG and REPETITIVE hour! - of high-quality primal "thrash", you've come to the right place. But what does this have to do with the Mr Bungle weirdos like myself came to know and love in the '90s?

    Well, this IS a re-recording of their first demo. But so what?! All bands have to start somewhere...it's about where they PROGRESS to that matters. And this album is not only a regression of the highest order, but boasts two members who simply don't belong, and never would've fit in the more official Bungle days. And I say this as someone who has great respect for Dave Lombardo, and is a HUGE Anthrax/SOD fan. Sadly, though: you're better off buying an SOD album, which this resembles far more than anything with the word "Bungle" in it.

    I understand the story that led to this release. I get that SOD and Slayer were an early influence on Bungle. I even think this album is a bit of a fun "bonus". But what it ISN'T is the new Bungle album that fans have lusted after for twenty years.

    Oh, and a clarification regarding the rating I've given this: yes, it's a pretty good album. It's worth an 8/10. But it's nowhere near a 10/10, which I'd give the three official Bungle albums that predate this. If they'd released this as a fun, in-between-real-albums product, I'd think it was pretty cool. But I dread to think that people new to Bungle will think this is what they're "about", 'cause it doesn't even come close.

    Easily their least original and creative album, period.    … Expand
  6. MusicNerdViking
    Jun 15, 2021
    3
    The most unenjoyable thrash metal album I have ever heard. Mike Patton's vocals are annoying, and his screams sound like a frog being slowlyThe most unenjoyable thrash metal album I have ever heard. Mike Patton's vocals are annoying, and his screams sound like a frog being slowly crushed to death (and not in a good way, obviously). Not a single song on this album is unique, with a few exceptions such as "Grizzly Adam" and "Hypocrites / Habla Español O Muere." Sometimes I wonder why couldn't they just make a Mr. Bungle album that was experimental like the ones in the 90s? It would've sounded so much better! But sadly, we have to face the fact that THIS thing exists. Good riddance that I don't have to hear this ever again.

    Overall score: 3.4/10    … Expand

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