This CD already started to impress me just by it's cover art, A dark cover with this spooky picture of some dude with his hands on his head, and with the name of the band in a logo that looks a lot like the old and well-known Sex Pistols logo, though a lot more distressed. Really, it looks a lot better than some of the professional shit I've seen before. I can say the same of the band's sound. Man, this shit is impressive. Deceivers are so heavy it's not even funny. Although Gregório, singer, doesn't shows a good pronunciation singing in english, he has improved a lot since their last demo tape, RedRum. Considering that the band's from Brazil, I can't really expect them to sing perfectly, so it's all good since Gregório has a good voice. The band can be compared to old-school Limp Bizkit, twice as heavier, and with some much more harsh screams. This is definitely rap metal, without putting much stuff in to embellish it, Turn tables are now in 4 of the 11 songs (which actually added a lot to the songs, when comparing the new versions with the older ones, which can be listened to on the RedRum demo tape.) Actually, they do have some hardcore songs, like "Rust", "A Hunk Of Hate" and "D.I.R.T.Y." (Dismay Is Right To You), but it's some metal+hardcore mixed shit. They never let the metal style fade; all tracks are metal or at least metal mixed with hardcore, there's no funky stuff or hip-hop only songs. Guitar parts are very well played, and the drummer shows skills during the entire album. One thing I think is odd, but cool, is that some of the music in their songs is kinda disjointed, which reminds me a bit of Meshuggah. Lyrics are good, although some of them are kinda senseless to the listener. I mean, what the hell is an AKKO? But songs like "Blindfold" criticize how people can forget loads of sick stuff that has happened in the world, pretending it never happened. "Put a blindfold on your eyes and try to forget with despise." I miss Search, Pain (Upon Your Face) and Sentence of Fear, the three songs of the RedRum tape that didn't make to the album, but new songs like Sun and Panic Store compensate for their absence. I gotta say that Twenty impressed me a lot. Those chantings '...twenty...' and '...better learn your lesson or go back to the shell...' sounds too cool (get the cd and you'll understand what I'm saying.) Another thing that is important to stress is, their songs don't ever clock in over like 5 minutes, which makes loads of cd's boring. Actually, none of their songs reach 3 minutes - they're mostly at 2:30 | 2:50 minutes. Since I received "Third Machine" in the mail, about 5 days (Im writing this review on 09/28/99), it isn't out of my sound system, and I guarantee this will happen to you. This CD is a must have, and I particularly hope that this band gets recognized due to the loads of years they have been working hard in the brazilian scene, with no coverage at all from the media, besides some zines. They've put out a brilliant CD, and hopefully things will change now. Luck is all they need, cause they already have the competence to make to the top.
(5 / 5)