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Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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Ozomatli — Don't Mess with the Dragon Buy it at Amazon
Ozomatli has for years fused the divergent sounds and cultural influences of their native and beloved City of Angels, Los Angeles. They continue that trend on their fourth full-length album. Ranging from hip-hop to funk to Afro to Latin to pop-punk and ska, “Don’t Mess with the Dragon” is a stern warning to all of those crossover artists that they “can’t touch this”. But all MC Hammer allusions aside, this is a far cry from a band whose sunk into the doldrums of the once mighty nu-metal scene. Instead Ozomatli refuses to join forces with that evil and continues to face in the more sunny punk-soaked one in a very Warped Tour-esque way. Dynamic musicianship complements the well-thought out compositions.
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