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Ice T put Body Count together for Ernie by trying to mix the styles of their 3 favourite metal bands. He mentions that basically, while they were all into hip hop, Ernie C was into metal (as well) and just played guitar all day long. It is actually really interesting as the first few minutes are Ice T talking about why Body Count exists. Raining in Blood/Postmortem 2017 is a little tribute to Slayer. There is a great rhythm to it and the riff is brilliant. He roars out the title and adds more roars and growls as backing at other points. He adds an extra tone and weight to the riff but he also adds his more brutal vocals. Max Cavalera features on a song called All Love is Lost which deals with the betrayal of a close friend. There is also a brilliantly quick guitar solo which is backed by roars and growls from Randy. The chorus is slower, with Ice T delivering the vocals while Randy roars “Walk With Me” in the background. Randy spits out vocals at pace before the song slows a little for Ice T to rap a verse. Walk With Me features Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) on vocals and is a fast, thrashy song with blasting drums and a quick riff. In fact, the better songs on the album are probably the ones where a metal icon is included. It is a good start to the album, mainly for the music though. It is especially good in the solo which sees Mustaine and Ernie C play some solid quick dual guitar melodies. The drum fills and beat is solid though with Ill Will again showing off his skills. I am all for a death metal roar but it doesn’t sound good backed by rapping. Weirdly, Civil War is repeated throughout the choruses in the background in an extreme death metal roar while Ice T raps over the top of it. Mustaine adds lead guitars over Ernie C’s riffing which works really well.

Ice T delivers the lines well enough but some of them are just a little silly sounding “coming soon to a town near you” and the like. It is an interesting subject, though lyrically, once the song takes off it doesn’t work brilliantly.

The country is on lockdown as martial law is declared and the people oppose the government. It starts with an air raid style siren and a spoken statement declaring the US to be in a state of civil war. The album opens with Civil War which features Dave Mustaine (Megadeth). You can read thoughts on the three singles by clicking the links above. There is also a song called Raining in Blood which I assume is a Slayer nod so it is a bit of a who’s who of heavy metal.īloodlust has 11 tracks on it altogether, 3 of which were released as singles in advance. The album as a whole, message aside for a second, looks a little more promising with guest spots from Dave Mustaine, Randy Blythe and Max Cavalera too. A little hypocritical really to claim to be a victim while professing your love of hurting innocents. They then stick a song in the middle of those two acting exactly like the stereo type by proclaiming their love for crime and burglary and how they love to bully the innocent and take whatever they want, whenever they want. They target stereo-typing and the spilling of innocent blood and why the people need to unite. The thing I found really odd, and irritating, was the mixed message the first 3 singles put out. There are 2 songs talking about social, economic and political injustices. One thing the singles did all have in common though was some pretty expert guitar skills with chunky nu-metal esque riffs and some neat solos from Ernie C. Finally, there was Black Hoodie, a song with a powerful message dealing police brutality and the shooting of innocents based on how they look and how they dress. There was the much better No Lives Matter which dealt with the growing economic divide between the rich and the poor. There was the dire Ski Mask Way, a stereo typical rap/hip hop track promoting crime and taking what you want, no matter the victim. The singles released in advance of the album were a bit of a mixed bag. Released on the 31st of March, 2017 via Century Media Records, it has been marketed as their biggest and most important album to date. There has been a lot of talk and a lot of hype about it but finally Body Count’s new album, Bloodlust, has dropped.