Body Count: Manslaughter

Body Count: Manslaughter

 I first heard Body Count in 1992. In high school and my teens, once I found Heavy Metal Music, I didn’t listen to anything else for years. I got a call from my friend Mark, that his cousin Jamie had bought a CD he did not care for, andhe said it was more my kind of music, and he was looking to unload it for $10.00 (1/2 the price of a new CD at the time). I hopped in my Trans Am and cruised on over to Jamie’s to look at said CD. Jamie stated he was a fan of Ice-T’s Hip Hop/Rap Music and had bought the album under the assumption it would be more of the same, He was wrong.

From Wikipedia:

 While Ice-T was primarily known for his work in the hip hop genre, he had long been a fan of various genres of rock music, Ice-T co-wrote the band's music and lyrics with lead guitarist Ernie C, and took on the duties of lead vocalist. Ice-T stated that "I knew I couldn't sing”, but then I thought, 'Who can sing in rock 'n' roll?”

 I remember really, really liking the CD, and immediately became a Body Count fan. Body Count has released several albums over the last 22 years, Born Dead in 1994, Violent Demise: The Last Days in 1997 (My Personal Favorite), Murder 4 Hire in 2006 and, Most Recently Manslaughter in the Summer of 2014.

 I had been anticipating Manslaughter for months, after I had read and interview Ice-T did with a Magazine, and they released the track There’s a Bitch in the Pit online as a preview. I bought the CD at Best Buy in July 2014, Once I came home I opened it up and ripped it right to the computer (I do this with all my CD’s, so there is a fresh unblemished copy saved) and Burned myself a copy. I put it in the CD player of the car the next morning on the way to work. In a word, “Awesome” the CD stayed in the CD player for weeks, I do swap it out back and forth with a Judas Priest/Rob Halford/Tim “Ripper” Owens Mix CD I made, but still listen to it, 3-4 days a week in the car on the way to and from work.

One of the things I really like about the album, is all the songs start and stop without Skits, or Fade In/Fade Out Effects, Etc. Just Body Count, making sweet love to your ears with their instruments. I have never been a fan of Bands using fade in & out effects, Noises, etc. things that cannot be replicated in concert, without other means aside from your instruments.

Manslaughter, Release June 10^th 2014 by Sumerian Records is 50 Minutes and 15 Seconds of pure ear candy. I highly recommend this album to anyone who is a Heavy Metal fan!

Track List:

1.  Talk Shit, Get Shot

2.  Pray for Death – A track that immediately brings to mind my lying, back stabbing, cheating whore of                                 an exwife and I picture her and I while the song is playing. 

3.  99 Problems – A metal remix of Ice-T’s song from his 1993 Home Invasion Hip Hop album

4.  Back to Rehab

5.  Manslaughter – My favorite track on the album

6.  Get a Job

7.  Institutionalized 2014 – A great cover, with new Lyrics of the Suicidal Tendencies Classic

8.  Pop Bubble

9.  Enter the Dark Side – Another of my favs
10. Bitch in the Pit

11. Black Voodoo Sex – A call back to the Song Voodoo on the First Album
12. Wanna Be A Gansta
13. I will Always Love You
14. 99 Problems - Different Mix, More Guitars