Now a five-piece unit, having trimmed down from their crushing three guitar sound they employed on their last full-length CD, Recipe For Disaster, Brand New Sin frankly seems a much more well-rounded rock force. I have to be totally candid and say that upon first listen of Tequila, I thought they totally lost that ‘heavy as hell’ edge to their sound that is what made me fall in love with them as a band to start. But as I sat down to do this review, donning the headphones for another round of listening, I found myself vibing greatly to their lastest ass-ripping collection of beer-swilling and bar fight-inducing songs.
Starting with ‘Said and Done’, ‘Did Me Wrong’ and ‘Spare The Agony’, I clearly hear much more of a stripped down and bare it to the bone version of what Brand New Sin has been known for. Don’t get me wrong, the guitar work from Kenny Dunham and Kris Weichmann on the next three tracks, ‘Ice Man’, ‘The Proposition’ and ‘Old’ is definitive hard rock guitar with great riffs and ripping, bluesy solos that are only currently topped by living legend Zakk Wylde himself. The material here, lyric-wise also seems to be much more intimate and filled with emotion compared to the band’s last effort, which came off with an absolutely snarling, kick-you-in-the-face attitude.
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