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Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell (Deluxe)

“It Don’t Add Up” features the lines “God… said don’t stop ‘til you’ve sacked the lot and their communist plot”. Singer/Guitarist Ville Leppanen sounds frighteningly like Sammy Hagar. He and bass weilding brother Mat play like stadium rockers who think punk may be their meal ticket (though all too often just play bad stadium rock, especially on “Neverfade”, a terrible amalgamation of Extreme, latter day Aerosmith and Van Halen). On the inlay there’s a photo of the band, drummer Benjy Reid keeping to the back as the brothers Leppanen try to get in the viewers face. There’s a feeling he doesn’t want to be either seen or just plain doesn’t want to be there. “Animal Farm” is eleven tracks of reasons for this.






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    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 4, 2003 at 6:03 AM (EDT)
    My Score:

    you thought Thursday was bad? i'm not even going to go there. about this cd, it's great. i love it. it took me a few listens to get into it, but now i can't stop listening to it. and no, i'm not from victory.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 12:56 AM (EDT)
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    What the fuck has happened to Victory? They go from putting out stuff like old Snapcase and Earth Crisis to this bullshit? And I thought Thursday was bad..damn

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 8:32 AM (EDT)
    My Score:

    I'm guessing the previous posts and the first one were from victory...

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 8, 2002 at 6:48 AM (EDT)
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    all of you are so fuckin hipocritical! If you think the album is a piece of shit wait till the new 1 is out. I agree thsi album isn't killer but i no the band and trust me thier new material will blow u away. look out for it shud be out mid 2002.

    Tom

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 12:22 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    this record is amplified dogshit

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 7:37 PM (EST)
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    Thanks seek ,P

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 5:58 PM (EST)
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    This band are SOOOOOOO bad...please dont think this is the best the UK has to offer......they payed Victory to put this out right????
    I know they pay onto tours over here.

    I leave you with a quote from their website.....on how the UK differs from their old home of Helsinki......'At home there are no Pakis, but then the curries are shite so I guess it kind of balances out.'
    Racists and god awful to boot.
    Sweet.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 5:49 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    This album sucks. Victory has lost their fuckin' minds.

    Posted by seek on 2002-04-02 17:31:00
    My Score:

    Well, it isn't long because this release doesn't deserve anything longer. The reviewer was able to shit on this CD in a paragraph, and god bless him.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 2:05 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    i thought this review was about the movie, snowdogs. i am glad it isnt.

    Posted by CallingLondon on 2002-04-02 13:41:46
    My Score:

    what's with all the paragraph-long reviews? This review really doesn't say much except the guitars sound big.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 1:21 PM (EST)
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    wow, this is one of the stupidest reviews I have ever seen. this CD is pretty good. don't believe this idiot.

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