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Psychostick - IV: Revenge of the Vengeance
'IV: Revenge of the Vengeance' is the fourth studio album by Comedy metal band Psychostick. Do you need a laugh? 'GROW A BEARD!'. Do you want to headbang? 'GROW A BEARD!'. 'OBEY THE BEARD!'. I think I can safely say that Psychostick is the funniest band I've ever heard. What other bands can you think of that have written songs about awesome beards, annoying neighbors, being afraid of a duck, and mocked Deathcore? I can't think of any others, and the music kicks ass too.
Musically, I'd call Psychostick a combination of alt metal, thrash/groove, and hardcore/metalcore. Similar to Tenacious D's albums, the album includes many various skits in-between songs. The skits often act as intros to the following song. For example, before the mocking of deathcore entitled 'So. Heavy.', there is a skit called 'H-flat' where the band members want to play in H-flat when there is no such thing as H-flat. Speaking of 'So. Heavy.', the song features very awesome crunchy guitars while mocking deathcore's seemingly obsession with just being as heavy as possible. It's hilarious hearing vocalist "Rawrb" making random growls, and the band chanting things like 'This song is so heavy, it makes you want to punch a tornado'. The song 'Duck Kills', which is a song about being afraid of a duck, is a more thrash-oriented song. The bridge is hilarious with some bass-slaps and duck quacking. In the song about hating your neighbor, 'Loathe Thy Neighbor', has some great bass work.
The ultimate highlight of the album and a should-be metal anthem is the masterpiece 'Obey the Beard'. Lyrics about how awesome beards are combined with kick-ass thrash guitar/drums and bass slaps really makes this a masterpiece. Other hilarious lyrics include dogs liking socks, getting the 'Blue-screen of death', fighting about who gets the last piece of pizza, and more.
Overall, if you want some kick-ass music and hilarious lyrics Psychostick is for you. I haven't laughed as hard at any music since hearing Primus for the first time. If anyone asks me what some good comedy metal is, Psychostick is certainly the first band that I will recommend. Hope you found this review helpful.
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