Iron Reagan-Worse Than Dead

A389 Recordings
2013

What happens when you get Municipal Waste's Tony Foresta and Philip "Landphil" Hall to hook up with a couple of ex-members of Darkest Hour (Paul Burnette and Ryan Parrish)? If you answered more crossover metal then you're right! Pat yourself on the back. With Iron Reagan you get a band that could have hailed from the 80's (the name, album art and lyrical content all pay homage to mid-eighties crossover thrash) whipping out 19 tracks of punk/hard/thrash in the harshest way possible. All of the numbers fall under the two minute mark and have more of a gritty, streetwise feel to them then anything out of Municipal Waste these days. That's not to say Municipal Waste fans wouldn't appreciate this. At it's best it feels like legit old-school crossover while at it's worst (which is still good stuff mind you) it simply comes across as a more punk hardcore version of Tony and Philip's full-time band. Overall these 19 tracks offer fun crossover for those of us who lived it and loved it the first time around!

Phil Hall plus Paul Burnette and Ryan Parrish

Phil Hall plus Paul Burnette and Ryan Parrish

Phil Hall plus Paul Burnette and Ryan Parrish