Beggars Ball are skinny, mean, longhaired virgin killers from Hollywood who snatch the best bits from Buckcherry, GN’R, Black Crowes, and inexplicably, Pantera, and mash ‘em all up into one big ball of blood, piss, and fire that matches even Crank County Daredevils for sheer ferocity. Tracks like the malicious “Starbanger” and the stab-happy “Deadman’s Lullabye” are punishing slices of aggro-sleaze that sound like industro-metal legends Skrew resurrected as Sunset Strip glitterpunks. It’s not all slash and burn, though. “American Vocal” is southern fried powerboogie, “Live Out Loud” you could almost dance to, and “Demon Seed” is pure 80’s style flash metal. The title track is a punky little speedball, and “Life in a Lie”, whether by design or serendipity, is a pop-metal take on GN’R’s “Locomotive”. Add it all up, throw in the requisite youthful arrogance and will to provoke, and we just might have the newest sleaze metal saviors on our hands. Just try and keep ‘em away from pianos and dolphins.
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- Sleazegrinder