![]() It piqued my interest enough to go pick up the cassette (remember those?). I remember thinking that it kind of reminded me of Skid Row but that there was something really different about this band. I was chilling at home like usual and watching Headbanger’s Ball and the video for “Helluvatime” came on. That album was called Doin’ The Nasty.ĭoin’ The Nasty was the debut album from Canadian metal band Slik Toxik. There was a lot of great music but one album in particular stood out to me and really made a lasting impression. Extreme released their stellar III Sides to Every Story, Iron Maiden released Fear of the Dark, and Black Sabbath reunited with Ronnie James Dio and put out Dehumanizer. ![]() 1992 was also a year for some pretty bad to the fucking bone albums. puked in the lap of Japan’s prime minister after eating some fucked up sushi, and I, The Great Southern Brainfart, graduated from Mt. The Atari 2600 was discontinued, George Bush Sr. I’ll give it points for trying and creating a couple of songs I can kind of enjoy, but overall, it’s not something I’d spin on a daily basis, as it’s nothing special in my eyes.Lots of shit happened 25 years ago in 1992. The same goes for the performance, as there are places where I will give it points for being mildly enjoyable, but there are a few songs where it sounds either lifeless or lazy.īottom line, the reissued version of the final SLIK TOXIK album is a Hard Rock record, that unfortunately, does not really sit well with my musical preferences, as there’s a few things about it which puts me off. SLIK TOXIK didn’t seem to be one of those, as the overall sound just feels a bit weak to me and a couple of songs just seem so long winded, to the point where you get bored easily.Īlso, for an album that’s supposedly been “re-mastered”, I was expecting the overall feel and sound to be even heavier, and overall, more hardcore but I just wasn’t really feeling it. This is kind of odd really, as there were bands around that time who probably had access to the same recording technology but they could produce higher quality material. It does sort of have heavy ball kicking melodies and blood pumping rhythms, but because this was originally released back in the mid 90’s using basic technology, the end result doesn’t sound that great to me. Unfortunately this album doesn’t really have any of that. Because this is a reissue, we get bonus content aside from the re-mastering, and on this one, we get a demo of the song “White Lies/Black Truth”, which is originally from the groups debut album “Doin’ the Nasty”.Īs I listen to a Hard Rock record, there’s a lot I expect from it, including riffs that kick me hard in the nuts, fast paced rhythms that get my blood pumping, and vocals that are punchy and heavy to accompany the already bonkers melodies. That changed this year when the guys over at Perris Records decided to re-master it and release it, and so this is my review of the groups second and final album before their disbandment.Ĭlocking in at around 60 minutes across 12 tracks, the final album from this Canadian Hard Rock quintet opens up with the heavy hitting “Twenty Something” and closes with the fast paced “Just Fade Away”, with 9 other songs in between, including the first of two singles, “Dive”, among others. The second album, entitled “Irrelevant” was never released outside of Canada at the time, so for a long time, it was never available to international fans. A year later in 1992 they released their debut album “Doin’ the Nasty” followed by a second album in 1994 before doing some touring for the album and then eventually disbanding the same year. The group formed in 1988 in Ontario, Canada, and in 1991, they released their debut EP “Smooth and Deadly”. This is exactly the scenario that will play out in today’s review with a re-issue of the final studio album recorded by a Canadian Hard Rock band called SLIK TOXIK. Sometimes all you can do is pray and hope that you either know someone who can get a hold of it for you, or to make it easier, wait until a label picks up the music to re-master it and re-release it. ![]() Ever wondered what happens to the material that bands record and release but then disband several years later after their formation? Also, do you ever wonder why they didn’t release it outside of their own country? I bet sometimes you wonder where the music is and I also bet you probably wonder when you’ll get a chance to hear it. ![]()
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