Bloodlust

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AlbumMar 31 / 201711 songs, 41m 5s
Rap Metal Groove Metal
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5.7 / 10

The seventh album from Ice-T’s heavy metal band sounds like a TED Talk set to a bracing thrashcore/groove metal soundtrack.

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No two Pile albums are alike, and that’s what makes hitting play on a new one so exciting. Those first few notes open a door to a new world, one that could only be created by frontman Rick Maguire. With Pile, Maguire is fearless, willing to take country and bluegrass riffs and twist them around noisy post-hardcore and…

Body Count have been holding a magnifying glass up to systemic racism and social unrest since the early '90s, but never has their expletive-macerated brand of everyman vitriol felt more relevant than it does on 2017's Bloodlust.

9 / 10

When rapper Ice-T formed Body Count around 1990, it was from his love of heavy metal — specifically Black Sabbath, Suicidal Tendencies and S...

8 / 10

It's no secret, the nation's been divided and as ICE-T yelps, you know the reason why. A conservative cotillion resumes command of the White House following a controversial election still under investigation. In response, the streets are raging and BODY COUNT has something to say, of course. Guitari...

8 / 10

Not many long-in-the-tooth metal bands manage to shake things up this late in their careers, but 25 years after their first album Body Count have managed to launch themselves back into genuine relevancy.

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A review of Bloodlust from Body Count, available worldwide March 31st via Century Media.