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17-08-2003, 05:54
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Anselmo finds a Ritual he can live with
By Dave Ferman
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
Phil Anselmo has made his choice, and Superjoint Ritual wins.
Anselmo, as any metal fan knows, is the longtime lead singer of Arlington's arena-filling Pantera, and has also recorded two CDs and toured extensively with Down. But Superjoint also received plenty of his attention -- last year, the band released its debut CD, Use Once and Destroy.
But all this activity, he says, spread him too thin -- so he decided to concentrate on one band. And that is Superjoint Ritual, which just released their second CD, A Lethal Dose of American Hatred.
"I had so many different projects and it was strainful -- I had to learn to say no, not now, maybe later," says Anselmo, speaking recently from his Louisiana home in a slow, and very low, voice. "I'm gonna do what I want to do. This is the perfect heavy-metal-meets-hardcore band. . . .
"Impressionable kids these days, 15 or whatever, should have more of an alternative than metal or rap. The things I've seen and the places I've played, people are very interested in what we have to offer. It's an obvious choice -- it's our attitude, it's our strength, it's our style."
And that style, as heard on Hatred, is a cross between the doomy metal of Black Sabbath and the fast-and-furious old-school hardcore of such bands as Black Flag and Agnostic Front -- anger on top of guitars on top of more anger, with Anselmo spitting out the words to songs such as Sickness and Dress Like a Target with fury.
Several of the songs clearly address drug addiction -- something Anselmo is familiar with. But he says he's been "clean as a whistle" for more than a year and that one of his joys now is working out. A lot.
"I work out three times a week, and I'm strong as an ox," he says. "I love to work out and get the toxins out of my body and wash them away. I found a high within myself."
And yes, all this Superjoint activity means that Pantera is done -- probably for good. Anselmo says he feels "no animosity whatsoever" toward any of the band members, and that his time in the band was "some of the best years of my life." But, he says, he's not looking back.
"Every time we've played Dallas, it's been very successful," he says. "Know this -- if and when Superjoint Ritual becomes bigger than they are and has the opportunity to book themselves into the finest hotels and take flights here and there and play Smirnoff, if we ever have that opportunity, I'd much, much, much rather play a smaller venue for more nights, three nights in a row or so. That's how willing I am to keep this band truthful and for the underground kids -- this is strictly for them and myself."
koloneftis :disco:
Anselmo finds a Ritual he can live with
By Dave Ferman
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
Phil Anselmo has made his choice, and Superjoint Ritual wins.
Anselmo, as any metal fan knows, is the longtime lead singer of Arlington's arena-filling Pantera, and has also recorded two CDs and toured extensively with Down. But Superjoint also received plenty of his attention -- last year, the band released its debut CD, Use Once and Destroy.
But all this activity, he says, spread him too thin -- so he decided to concentrate on one band. And that is Superjoint Ritual, which just released their second CD, A Lethal Dose of American Hatred.
"I had so many different projects and it was strainful -- I had to learn to say no, not now, maybe later," says Anselmo, speaking recently from his Louisiana home in a slow, and very low, voice. "I'm gonna do what I want to do. This is the perfect heavy-metal-meets-hardcore band. . . .
"Impressionable kids these days, 15 or whatever, should have more of an alternative than metal or rap. The things I've seen and the places I've played, people are very interested in what we have to offer. It's an obvious choice -- it's our attitude, it's our strength, it's our style."
And that style, as heard on Hatred, is a cross between the doomy metal of Black Sabbath and the fast-and-furious old-school hardcore of such bands as Black Flag and Agnostic Front -- anger on top of guitars on top of more anger, with Anselmo spitting out the words to songs such as Sickness and Dress Like a Target with fury.
Several of the songs clearly address drug addiction -- something Anselmo is familiar with. But he says he's been "clean as a whistle" for more than a year and that one of his joys now is working out. A lot.
"I work out three times a week, and I'm strong as an ox," he says. "I love to work out and get the toxins out of my body and wash them away. I found a high within myself."
And yes, all this Superjoint activity means that Pantera is done -- probably for good. Anselmo says he feels "no animosity whatsoever" toward any of the band members, and that his time in the band was "some of the best years of my life." But, he says, he's not looking back.
"Every time we've played Dallas, it's been very successful," he says. "Know this -- if and when Superjoint Ritual becomes bigger than they are and has the opportunity to book themselves into the finest hotels and take flights here and there and play Smirnoff, if we ever have that opportunity, I'd much, much, much rather play a smaller venue for more nights, three nights in a row or so. That's how willing I am to keep this band truthful and for the underground kids -- this is strictly for them and myself."
koloneftis :disco: