By Kaleb Bronson

Like a death march of punk madness, Ripsnorter has entered a new plain of musical chaos with the improved sound and die-hard mentality of the new album “Infected.”

A band that started in 1994 with a thrash heavy influence has gained a triumphant Karate Kid-like structure of sound, from taking out the Cobra Kai with chord progression to using the crane to knock-out the last cymbal slam, Ripsnorter has compiled years of global hardcore influence to create “Infected.”

The forceful layers of the album make the listener stand and yell for more, without Billy Idol. A chant heavy album of “rock,” with a dash of the 80s, lets ears pound with pleasure.

From “Horizon,” a track built on memories, to the intensely solo-soaked  “Against the Grain,” both of which have a thick wall of attitude built off of a solid vocal influence, some may recognize as Glenn Danzig of The Misfits era (Ripsnorter also has a Misfits tribute band titled Ripfits).

Ripsnorter has gathered the taste of a Black Flag concert of 1992, with the heart of a Iron Maiden show of 86′ within “Infected.”

If the ears are faint of getting fried by random thoughts and the chaos of old school punk rock, this is not the album to kick over Grandma’s glass table to, but if kickin’ down doors only to hang from the chandelier before leaving the party sounds like a Saturday night fiasco of fun, then “Infected” will do justice.

www.ripsnorter.com

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