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Band
Zero Down
Title
No Limit to the Evil
Type
LP/EP
Company
Minotauro
YOR
2014
Style
Traditional
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3/3/2015 - Review by: Frank Hill
Zero Down
No Limit To The Evil

Company: Minotauro Records
Release: 2014
Genre: Hard Rock, traditional
Reviewer: Frank Hill
  • Top-notch, basement party metal



    • U.S. based hard rock band Zero Down hasn't changed much over the course of four releases in the last decade. Their comfort zone is in the heavy metal parking lot of rural Anywhere, USA, where denim and leather meets NWOBHM and punk rock.

    I ain't gonna shit anybody. You can't go into a Zero Down release listening with a high level of seriousness; not with lyrics like "Going down on my angel witch" and an inner sleeve amalgam of the Pontiac Trans Am eagle with chest pentagram. This is top-notch, basement party metal. The production is slightly unpolished, but with a nice guitar crunch thanks to Martin Feveyear's bigger budget recording. Hawk Hawkinson has a vocal change-up from mid-range to falsetto that could be jarring to the uninitiated, but the raw gang chants are always welcome. Zero Down excels at fast-paced, fun metal songs, but on half of these I really wanted them to open the throttle, put the hammer down, and catch the tires on fire.

    Welcome back to the wild-eyed, snake-handling reverend on a hot Ed Repka cover. Drink up some liquid courage, maybe some Trooper beer or some AC\DC wine, and get loud, proud, and evil!


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      3.5 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: ZERO DOWN
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    		 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Good Times at the Gates of Hell
    2008
    Independent
    		Frank Hill4/4/2008
    4
    Looking To Start A Riot
    2012
    Independent
    		Frank Hill2/7/2013
    3.5
    No Limit to the Evil
    2014
    Minotauro
    		Frank Hill3/3/2015
    3.5
    Old Time Revival
    2005
    Independent
    		Eric Compton2/2/2006
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    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: ZERO DOWN
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