Bacio Death Trip

Chimaira found themselves on a pretty big record deal from Roadrunner Records and had to deliver a pretty big record and to our ears, they did. But were the Roadrunner boffins happy with it? Were they able to break through the Hatebreed ceiling? This album has a lot of fans and personally, I reckon it's one of those 'if you know, you know' albums that is probably a lot more influential than people might think. It mixes Slipknot riffs with elements of Deftones and Fear Factory and singer, Mark Hunter has even said that Mudvayne's Death Blooms was an inspiration. I'd argue this album is way more consistent than LD50 though. I wonder what Mr. Muse would say.

I promise that you wil not find a more mature conversation about Crazy Town anywhere else than on this week’s episode of the soon to be award winning podcast, Bacio Death Trip. You’ll also struggle to find a funkier episode as well.

We give a bit more context to the band, their hit single Butterfly and see what Mr. Muse thinks of the record.

Grey goo may be piling up so stockpile your baked beans and axes and hunker down as we talk bout Muse and their big, ambitious third album, Absolution. Another album where the opening track is called Intro. The interlude is called Interlude. Height of creativity here. But Matt Bellamy can write a song. He can hit the high notes. He can shred and smash a guitar. In fact he set a Guinness World Record for smashing the most guitars in a year, that's edgy. But that's Muse. They march forward bravely into new frontiers, writing dangerous songs tackling concepts like Compliance and getting high on your own supply. 

Easily the most requested album we've had, it was great to learn more about much beloved frontman, Dave Williams but how does this album stack up? Without the WWF blasting their hit single, Bodies near 16 times a week, would that song be as ingrained in our memories? Or were Jagermeister right to sponsor the band, put them on Jagermeister tours and Jagermeister compilation CD's to help take them to a much bigger audience?

An episode for the mud covered flower pot zombies this week as we talk Rob Zombie and his first solo record, Hellbilly Deluxe. Yup, the one with Dragula. A song that still slaps. Of course Rob's love of horror movies come up as well as the movies that the man himself has directed.

This episode is dedicated to all the former webmasters out there and we sincerely hope they take a break from finding a keygen for Microsoft FrontPage 98 and enjoy this episode on Dry Kill Logic's, The Darker Side of Nonsense. Is this a nu-metal classic? Is that even a good thing? Is there more on this record than first meets the eye? There must be, right? Because the numetal subreddit loves this album as do a bunch of Youtube commenters claiming this record is still in their regular rotation.

A lot of bands from the early 2000’s have people claiming they are underrated. Releasing albums before everyone had the internet in the home has meant that their records are harder to find and the footage on Youtube is low res but also releasing albums after the industry had started losing money to online file sharing. But American Head Charge, and in particular this album is underrated. I hope to see AHC come back into fashion one day the same way Nirvana has. American Head Charge’s Just So You Know playing over every scene of the next Batman movie. Their shirts sold in K-Mart. I want an American Head Charge revolution so everyone can be walking down the straight with A Violent Reaction in their headphones, banging into people Bittersweet Symphony style.

Maybe the official title is [Reanimation] but regardless, we're back at Linkin Park base camp discussing their second release, Reanimation. So many remixes, so little time. But how gutsy was it releasing this after the massive hit, Hybrid Theory or was this just a cynical cash grab to keep the money coming in?

We finally get onto Cradle of Filth and loved learning more about Dani Filth. Look, there isn't a heap of Midian chat. A bit, but not a whole heap. I was trying to do the Cradle fans justice and figure out what it is they love about this band. The lyrics, the artwork, the music, the fashion or a mix of all of the above?

Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to self-harm, domestic violence, addiction and mental health issues.