Grammy-nominated modern metal act SPINESHANK have
reunited after a six year hiatus and are back in full force and
completely rejuvenated. Pulling no punches and holding
nothing back, Anger Denial Acceptance is the most raw
record the band has ever recorded, both sonically and emotionally.
The signature electronic flourishes that marked
SPINESHANK's previous output remain, but they accent a
beefed up rhythm section, serrated guitar riffs and singer
Johnny Santos' unearthly bellowing. Much like the grieving
process the title alludes to, the band plumbed the depths of
personal despair to arrive at the final product.
It is the band's maturity and the time they spent away from
one another that allowed them to achieve new heights on
Anger Denial Acceptance. This is not a new SPINESHANK,
but a renewed one.

UK limited edition of the alternative metal act's 2003 album has earlier release with the domestic delayed until September. Slipcase. Roadrunner Records.

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Import single taken from the alternative metal act's 2000 album, 'The Height of Callousness'. Tracks 'New Disease' (edit), 'The Height Of Callousness' (Fist F**k Integrity Mix) & 'Asthmatic' (Punctured Lung Mix). 2001.

Look beyond the headline-grabbing shock-rockers and public enemies that populate the thriving sphere of nu metal, and there's an often fascinating legion of young pretenders desperately eager to set the agenda. Spineshank, however, appear to have forgotten that it takes a little more than misanthropic attitude and clunky samplers to spar with an Antichrist Superstar. Sure, The Height of Callousness works the industrial hip-hop template for all it's worth (sometime Rage Against the Machine producer GGGarth works the controls), but with the likes of "New Disease" and "Cyanide 2600" offering precious little content between their clichés, this album begs to be pigeonholed. When this stuff works--see the electrified taboo pantomime of Static X's Wisconsin Death Trip, or the heavy black gothic mass of NIN's The Downward Spiral--it's because there's a splendidly contrary charismatic ringmaster running the whole bleak circus. Here? Well, let's just say that all this negativity isn't making any positives. --Louis Pattison

Look beyond the headline-grabbing shock-rockers and public enemies that populate the thriving sphere of nu metal, and there's an often fascinating legion of young pretenders desperately eager to set the agenda. Spineshank, however, appear to have forgotten that it takes a little more than misanthropic attitude and clunky samplers to spar with an Antichrist Superstar. Sure, The Height of Callousness works the industrial hip-hop template for all it's worth (sometime Rage Against the Machine producer GGGarth works the controls), but with the likes of "New Disease" and "Cyanide 2600" offering precious little content between their clichés, this album begs to be pigeonholed. When this stuff works--see the electrified taboo pantomime of Static X's Wisconsin Death Trip, or the heavy black gothic mass of NIN's The Downward Spiral--it's because there's a splendidly contrary charismatic ringmaster running the whole bleak circus. Here? Well, let's just say that all this negativity isn't making any positives. --Louis Pattison

UK limited edition of the alternative metal act's 2003 album has earlier release with the domestic delayed until September. Slipcase. Roadrunner Records.