Opposition Party - Zombified

*=Staff's pick	Zombie* Taking Us For Fools* Ignorance* Brain Fucked Control Your Mind* Ever Wonder Why It's Chaos Because Not The Way To Live* Land Of Hope And Glory* As Good As Dead

Genre	Punk/Hardcore/Metal	Francis Frightful	Vocals
Tracks	11	Francis Frightful	Guitar
Runningtime	28 Min.	Lee	Guitar
Label	Pulverised Records	Kazz	Bass
Release	31 Oct. 2005	Alfe	Drums
Country	Singapore	-	Keyboards
Similar artists	Driller Killer

With roots in the punk and hardcore scene of the mid eighties, Singapore's Opposition Party still go strong. The band has been active releasing albums, tapes and demos since -87 and I think that they over all those years have been more and more drawn to the borders of metal, even though the influences come from eminent acts such as GBH, The Exploited and Broken Bones. For me, as for many other revolting kids of that time, it's very interesting as I grew up with stereo massacres as Lets Start A War Maggie with Exploited or why not City Babies Attack By Rats by GBH.

As Opposition Party say: It's Chaos. Zombified are a very catchy, straight and powerful kick in the ass for those who deserve it. I imagine that a record like this can be something for every metalhead that sooner or later understand and enjoy the sheer energy and stereophonic terror that bands like Driller Killer and Opposition Party mean to project. The rawness and energy from the old days of hardcore and punk together with the refining touch of booth metal and the death/thrash genre. The crossover concept is obvious and sometimes it works, sometimes it don't. I would say that it works extremely well in Opposition Party's case. I don't think it matters who you are, Zombified will summon aggressive thoughts. Land Of Hope And Glory is a good example of many great songs on this album, I don't think I share all the ideals and ideas that this band stands for but the multi language is the music. Everyone that wants to, understands good and heavy music whether you are to the left or to the right on the political scale.

The foundation of Zombified lays in the cool song writing, simple and catchy verses and refrains always kicking forward. Great solos, often very classical, almost heavy metal like. Fat arrangements on booth bass and guitar. The vocals from guitarist Francis Frightful are as aggressive and filled with anger as it should be in order to keep up with the music, and always backed up with the voice from guitarist Lee and bass player Kazz. Lay to these aspects the heaviness Opposition Party wield that outmanoeuvres many death metal bands of today. I have serious difficulties to find anything negative about this one. I keep on getting pretty cool vibes from it; aggression, violence and ignorance. Just listen to the third track Ignorance... Easily recommended.

Production	Vocals	Compositions
8	7	9

Summary
8,5 chalices of 10 - Tim