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Camp Kill Youth (CKY) - Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild
| Message Board > Album Reviews > Camp Kill Youth (CKY) - Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild |
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Review from MP3.COM ------------------- CKY's infamy from their exposure through skateboarding videos and MTV's Jackass was on the wane by the time their second Island album rolled around. Lucky them, as expectations to be a goofy skater band have slowly dissolved and left the group to find their sound. And strangely enough, they found straight-ahead heavy metal underneath all the hype, showing an excellent talent for menacing melodies, grim lyrics, and heavy riffs. The album-opening "Escape From Hellview" is a glorious attempt at a metal anthem; riding high on winding guitars and eerie synth lines, Deron Miller's infectious tale of friends hanging from trees and the deafening silence of loneliness is an unquestionable success. Instantly setting the mood, the rest of the album bounces back and forth between these deliberate slabs of metal and poppier post-grunge rockers. The 4/4 disco beat and lifting melodies of "Plastic Plan" are a good example of the latter, although the song doesn't abandon the dark, bass-heavy sound that their heavier tracks showcase. Even their stab at gothic metal, "Sporadic Movement," is a fantastic experiment that proves what a versatile band CKY is at their core. Breaking out of the mold and bucking expectations, Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild is an irony-free exploration of heavy music that goes straight for the gut and keeps on punching. --- This isn't a bad album, actually. It took me a few plays to really get into (oh and watching the videos helps). I give it a thumbs up! - Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:26pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | I too enjoy CKY but I must correct you. If I'm wrong you can beat me, but I believe they are actually called Camp Kill Yourself. If they are not then they should be because it's a way cooler name. - Mon, 29 Aug 2005 3:20am | ||
| DTjackson User Info... | You aren't wrong. I like the CD outside of Plastic Plan which seems too poppy for its own good. They have a newer CD out though...my friend has it but I'm not exactly interested. If you liked this one though it's something you should look into or maybe get the earlier discs that were soundtracks to the CKY movies. Volume 1 is the better of the two but not something you can just find laying around in a store easily. - Mon, 29 Aug 2005 5:58am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I do believe I'd heard of CKY a few years ago, but I can't remember. And I always thought it was Camp Kill Youth, though I could be wrong. - Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:00am | ||
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