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A forest (but not all alone)

Gary | 11/26/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"As the music is as monotonous and formulaic as a Kylie Minogue CD we are forced to 'look at the pictures' to get our jollies.
Boyd and the gang pose moodily in a forest next to a hut. Douglas is dressed in his usual combat outfit and mask but seems to be afflicted by a bad case of backache. Things do not seem to have improved for him on the inside sleave where his tortured pose suggests that a fury denizen of the woods has just taken a chunk out of his backside. Boyd and Albin, being self-confessed card carrying Satanists, choose to ignore his suffering. The final picture shows the lads lying in some grass surrounded by no less than two of the seven dwalves, the other five no doubt having scarpered after hearing the bad case of indigestion someone is suffering on track 9. A sudden appearence by Snow White is unlikely to excite Mr Rice, who confesses early in the CD to dreaming of Douglas P in the buff."This world is. Shall be Fire. Fire. Everlasting Fire. Fire will come and judge all things. All things that fire. FIRE! Everlasting FIRE!" Frankly, this announcement on track 10 is not what you want to hear in the tinderbox of a brittle forest on a hot summer's day with only two of seven dwalves to stamp out any flames.
In conclusion, I'm way too old for this sort of thing, and at 45, so are the rest of this cast. The two dwalves, however, appear to be having a ball."

Who ever said Boyd can't sing?! or I'm moving to Frisco.

Matt | Gig Harbor, WA | 10/02/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Anyone who lives where I do knows that trying to find the music you like in even the best record stores is like going to a Baptist church and trying to find your soul-mate. So when I was in San Francisco and I saw this sitting on a store shelf it was in my hands before I even had time to think. When I heard the CD I was pleasently unsurprised. This is not Non. This is not Spell. This is not Death in June. This is Boyd Rice and Fiends. Douglas P. and Albin Julius. And in my opinion it is the best thing Mr. Rice has done since 'Receive the Flame. If you want to know what this CD is like, buy it. Take the ride. Hatesville is just around the corner. (Although it's not in Frisco. Maybe Midheaven...)"