Artist/ Band: Razor Wire Shrine (R.W.S.)
Title: The Power Of Negative Thinking
Label: Progressive Music Management
Year of Release: 2008
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The Review:

Razor Wire Shrine returns to the music world with a follow-up to their debut, Going Deaf For A Living, with an even heavier, thrashy, technical, brutal slice of progressive metal on The Power Of Negative Thinking. The band is still in a trio format with Chris Rodler (bass, rhythm guitar), Brett Rodler (drums) and Mike Ohm (lead guitar). Although I’m not a big fan of this style of progressive metal, I found the music to be more appealing than the debut.

This is a short album that focuses on the compositions rather than the extended jams most other bands in the genre tend to do. Two bands that I’m, reminded of are Cynic and Scale The Summit but RWS tends to lean more to the heavier elements that recall parts of the thrash metal genre of the mid-80‘s. In fact, they update that sound blended with progressive metal for brutal assault of the senses.

The Brothers Rodler are amazing musicians and sadly underrated. I feel this album should put the band of the map for more to enjoy. Recommended for the aforementioned bands as well as others in the extreme metal camp.

Reviewed by Ron Fuchs on July 24th, 2009

Tracks:

01. Maniac Freak Machine

02. (Crushed By) The Jaws Of Progress

03. The Power Of Negative Thinking

04. Klusterphunk

05. South Of Heavy

06. Skull Shatter Stomp

07. Sinburn

Reviewed Discography

• "Going Deaf For A Living" 2004
• "The Power Of Negative Thinking" 2008

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