'Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles' is an ode to fighting all over the world, and bravely tells anyone who'd fuck with these Texas maniacs that you're gonna fall straight into the pile of victims - not only do the lyrics quite clearly state this ('Fuck with the best, you'll lay with the rest so get out of my fucking way/I can see you're a punk who could use a good beating, so come on and make my day!') but the downright vicious riffwork and the crazy growling falsetto voice of Richard Turner (or as his stage name was on the album, 'Devil Chicken'- how cool is that?) will immediately smash your face in and at the same time charge the jugular with razor sharp fangs. And they also covered the Mountain classic 'Mississippi Queen', and turns it into quite the raging riff-monster.Ĭause the vicious riffage from 'God, Guns & Guts' is still very much there, and they prove it right from the start, as the album begins with the heaviest song on the album, and the most reminiscent of the stuff on the debut.

'Bayou Road' tells tales of driving down a swamp road with witches and whatnot, and features the hilarious quote: 'Did I tell you the store of ole black Jim, who was scared till he turned half white'. 'Lord Almighty' begins with a melodic and bright opening riff in big southern style. And of course, the natural influence from the Southern rock and country music these guys were most likely brought up on. However, the songs themselves infuse a little more personality and variety, keeping this a more interesting album that tolerates abusive listening better than it's predecessor.

The basis of their music is the same - pretty standard heavy metal song arrangements with not much variety in the way the songs are put together. The album cover proudly sports a devilishly red goats skull impaled by a pitchfork and surrounded by a circle of barbed wire, and in there two baseball bats aimed at opposite directions proudly fly one flag each - the Texas flag on one side, the Confederate flag on the other.

This vicious heavy/thrash hybrid hailing from Austin, Texas, here bring their second effort of their music, which they themselves prefer to call Hillbilly metal, and on this album more than the debut 'God, Guns & Guts' their redneck side is quite prevalent.

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