Zero Tolerance

This is a good solid metal album that is a bit thrash a bit death and a bit industrial. Some of the songs are spoiled by over long non musical intros. They were probably a great idea in the studio but on repeated listens they just grate on the nerves. Nowhere near as good as Venom's classic albums but worth buying all the same

In 2004 Venom's ex-axeman Mantas recruited his friend Tony Dolan on bass -who had replaced Cronos in Venom for several years- and several other musicians among which there also was a talented gorgeous black 18 year-old female drummer. The record, released by Demolition, a young small label, went almost unnoticed unfortunately because if not ground-breaking, it's a very good abum per se.You may read on some websites it is a cross between Slipknot and Sepultura, but luckily it is not. It's highly industrialiazed death metal. Triggered drums, a lot of gun-blasting sampling, a processed, somewhat filtered guitar sound reminiscent of Ministry but with Mantas'recognizable trademark sound now a lot crunchier but sadly not all the time as prominent in the mix as I'd expected, a REALLY fat bass and programmed percussion groove almost present all the time and an excellent, total death metal gruffy vox low in the mix.Production is excellent and well balanced; I wished they'd achieved something with this record and advise you to get it if you like crossover metal.