X-Sinner
Get It
Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt
Rock and roll ain't noise pollution! These boys crank out some good ole' gritty street-level metal. This album will be the talk of the Christian metal world for the next year or so. X-Sinner has been receiving lots of hype prior to this release; and this time the hype delivers. You could say X-Sinner possesses the raw, fresh energy that this genre needed. "Medicine" starts this rompin' and stompin' album off with a straight-ahead groove that doesn't let up for ten songs. The production here is solid, with a hot drum sound and upfront guitars. Did I say upfront guitars? I hope so, because loud, scraping, wailing guitars are all over this album. And the best part is...they don't drown out the vocals. X-Sinner cranks out a teenage rock sound, but do it well enough to keep rockers everywhere on their toes. Songs like "Get It" have redundant lyrics, but come off with such punch that you can't help but love it. "Livin' on the Edge" is somewhat of a departure from the rest of the tunes, lending from an Egyptian-style rhythm similar to Dio or early Rainbow with some more commercial background vocals in the chorus a la Def Leppard. This album seems to have been a pet project for producers John and Dino, and it shows. It's not over-produced in a slick sense. The Elefante brothers did a great job just letting the music go all out. This is the band that any new label would love to debut with. Get it!