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Subj: review
Date: 11/12/01 3:00:32 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: punishment@home.se (Punishment)
Reply-to: punishment@home.se (Punishment)
To: nealmuzic@aol.com

Hello Chris/Punishment Zine Sweden writing.
I was out surfing the net and came across your name, then it struck me
I reviewed your stuff but can't remember if you ever got it?
Anyway, here you have it it was featured in our eight printed issue and will
soon be placed on the website aswell, it's undergoing some serious
updating as we speak.

Lets start in the United States Of America. Black Triangle "S/T" has released a self-financed full-length and it's not bad. I'd say this is something of a power metal/ thrash hybrid which at times sounded like a combination of mid-period Testament, Seattles pride Sanctuary, a dash of Liege Lord and, surprisingly Fate No More. Good in most aspects although some of the ten tracks feels like fillers. Something for Metal Blade to sink their teaths into?


http://hem.passagen.se/punish/?noframe
ICQ:137733872

BLACK TRIANGLE AND QUIET RIOT at The Boogie by Al B.-Rock City News

Burning. Ripping. Tearing. Shredding. All of these words can be used to describe a live show from Black Triangle, one of the best heavy bands on all of the west coast. 
Right out of the gate, these guys came out blazing. This was by far the band's best show to date. Vocalist Michael Joseph was flawless and belted out notes that would make Bruce Dickinson envious. He was truly amazing on this night. Drummer Shawn Hill continued his display of double kick drum mastery by thumping his way through the band's entire set of a A Grade hard music material. Once again the rythym section of this ensemble was tighter than Jennifer Lopez' ass. Led by the incredible Neal Shelton, the band followed his chops perfectly. Lead Guitarist Randy Dees has a strong on stage charisma. His riffing is generally solid, although he seemed to be a bit drowned out in the mix. More importantly, the crowd was overwhelmingly in their favor. In fact, when all is said and done, it looked to me like BLACK TRIANGLE out drew Quiet Riot more than two to one. 

UNDERTOW HEAVY METAL WEB ZINE
http://www.angelfire.com/on/spincity
BLACK TRIANGLE
Self-Financed 
Michael Joseph (vocals), Neal Shelton (lead guitar), Randy Dees (lead guitar), Dan Leveille (bass) and Shawn Hill (drums) have been making the surroundings of Los Angeles unsafe with their heavy music since 1995. The band try to make us believe that they are creating a new music scene which the baptized Metallinnium. To prove this they recorded this 10 track CD. I do not hear anything new on this album but what they do they do damn good. Black Triangle is a power metal outfit that brings tight, heavy melodic metal. Old Metallica was probably a big influence but I hear also some Flotsam & Jetsam and Judas Priest in their music. Michael Joseph is a good vocalist with a powerful rough voice. Also the guitar players are shredding very convincing all over the disc and pull out some cool twin guitar leads. Black Triangle is a band with lots of potential. I wouldn’t be surprised if a label will pick them up sooner or later. (7) E-mail

Not Your Friend Reveiws from Garageband.com

Review from garageband.com from Dissonance-Canada
This is one of the best songs 

I've heard on here yet! The guitar intro is incredible, it has an intensly kreepy sound, the guitar players should be commended, on the dramatics they place on the riff, same with the bass. The vocals are krisp, and very easy to understand, but also suit the song very well. The drummer one of the last people ever commended, you do a great job in this one. 

mr_president - Morristown, Tennessee 
your review (good band keep up the good work)
this track is good your vocalist is good the lyrics are good and the beat is good you have done a good job 
mr_president - Morristown, Tennessee 

Cyburn - Seattle, Washington 
Hold on to yer Bitch!
Right on. Pretty Rockin' the guitars are off the hook, I dig the bass... Hell the whole thing is on fire. FUCK YEAH 

CagedManiac - Frankfort, Illinois 
rock on!
this song is awesome. it has a really catchy beat. i love it. you rule 

redplanet - Ny, New York 
power and drive
good track 

Imnotoncrack420 - 1 Hour From Boston, Massachusetts 
Well well well
well well well doesn't this just kick ass! hey this track is really kool shit and u guys should keep up the good work. hopefully it will only be a matter of time before i hear this on the radio cause its pretty damn good. its got a nice smooth sound and its still real hard without being annoyingly loud. good work! 

zophimx - St. Louis, Missouri 
thumbs up...
good vocals, driving rhythms, interesting changes. guitarist comes from the old school of metal. i want to hear more. 




Socially Unacceptable Reviews from Garageband.com

skier0178 - Minneapolis, Minnesota 
Good work!
This song is performed very nicely. This is one of the few songs that I bookmarked. Keep it up! 

tinker8125 - Vallejo, California 
I am looking forword to more tracks you all
wow you really rock, keep up the good work 

Borderline - Eslöv, Scania, Sweden 
Retro Metal
Is somebody from Metallica doing a solo project. This sounds just like early Metallica with hints of Anthrax, Testament and maybe a little Slayer, specifically all of those bands 80`s stuff. This is cool retro metal. The dualing vocals is a nice touch. Other than that, the guitars (cool solo) are nice and I`m pleased to hear the vocals singing and not grunting. 

MusicCritic - Harrisonburg, Virginia 
YES - Metallica of old!
What more do I need to say. I enjoyed this song. Great mix, don't change a thing! Rock on. 

Mistress Lucy Reveiws from Garageband.com

zdreamz28 - Covington, Virginia 
Awesome
This sounds awesome. I love everything about it. I mean EVERYTHING!!! Keep On Rocking!!!!! The singer kinda sounds like Sebastian Bach! I love Him! So I give u 2 thumbs up!! I love it!!!! 

Bank - Palmdale, California 
YES ! IT's about time I heard something like this .
Good Rock you sound alot like MASQUERADE and dream theater www.mp3.com/MASQUERA. Check them out. 

Foreground - Chico, California 
I like it guyz
Metallica meets Pantera meets Alice in Chains. 

Klynch - Sacramento, California 
heavy porn track, music to fuck to
this sounds way to familiar. this isn't about sex is it? these vocals are driving me nuts they sound so familiar 

jFoetus - Somerville, Massachusetts 
last song I will ever review
I had to 'prefer this song' because it was the first of the two, and it burst my eardrums. Luckily, the last song I will ever hear was a rocking good time. You guys squeezed in all the guitars, bone-crushing beats, and naughty lyrics a song needs. 


BEADS - S.S.F, California 
fuckit up
cool,pretty metal