The latest full-tilt shock rock extravaganza from Minnesota's deadest is a stripped-to-the-bone affair, their most punk-fueled blast of haunted house rock since 1986's seminal "If We Had Brains...We'd Be Dangerous". And that thing was punk was as fuck. Along with Rock City Morgue, Impaler are one of the very few bands in the 'horror rock' biz that actually ROCK. No Danziggy whoa-oh's or jerkabilly thumping here, Skeletor, just lotsa sleazy Stooges guitars, phlegm-y cock rock vocals, explosive flash metal solos, and blood and guts everywhere. The super-killer in this rogue's gallery has gotta be the Motley Crue-meets-their-maker motorglam crash n' roll of "The Last Ride" but then again, I always was a sucker for cowbell, never mind zombie cowbell. There's also a (fittingly) dead-on cover of Sonic Reducer, the speed metal hell of World Insane (featuring a guest appearance from guitarist Mike Torok, who was in the '83 Impaler line-up), and a whole buncha gory rock n' roll that sounds like Venom, the Pagans, and '72 Alice Cooper all rolled into one supersonic freakshow. Don't wait until they come looking for you, Jack, grab a copy of this splatterific platter and dig it like a grave.