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Zombie Apocalypse / Send More Paramedics - "Tales Told By Dead Men" split CD

The ZA side is good. Since their last release, "This is a Spark of Life", they have added more metal elements. This is neither bad nor good, just a slightly different sound. They still kept the speed and the attitude, so I'm still pleased. The first 5 tracks are ZA's, and the first 4 I dig completely. The 5th track, the title track "Tale Told by a Dead Man", I just can't get in to. My only complaint is that it's such a short group of songs, as was the case with "This is a Spark of Life". It's less a complaint, and more a cry for more from these guys. I still anxiously await a proper full length.

I don't know much about Send More Paramedics and I've heard nothing of theirs prior to this release, so it's all new to me. At first listen I was a bit skeptical...It sounded all too typical. After a few listens, I can't say it's not typical, but it's not nearly as bad as I had thought. It's fast and pissed, just as the ZA side is, but with a more metallic thrash element. The songs are much longer, but that in no way indicates a loss in energy.

All in all, it's a good release.

The other two discs I got, in case you didn't see them linked in an earlier journal, are Blacklisted's "We're Unstoppable", which I probably won't bother with as it's just a rerelease of previous material, and Circle of Dead Children's "Zero Comfort Margin", which you might hear more about in a journal to follow.