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Not very good by Biohazard standards...

Reza | Lancaster, England | 05/26/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"This is undoubtebly one Of the Bio's weakest albums. I just can't get into it. At this stage of their career they had lost their way slightly. There are a couple of ok songs like 'Resist' and 'Dogs of war', but the rest of it is just rap-metal crap. This and Uncivilisation are their worst efforts. I picked up Kill or be killed recently and was really impressed by what I heard. As for those idiots who said Biohazard is jumping on the 'metalcore' bandwagon, they created this sound you morons, some 10 years ago!"

Brooklyn style disorderly conduct

E. Peltier | North Arlington, New Jersey United States | 03/01/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"New York City. Five boroughs big and filled from district to neighborhood with more urban folklore than a volume of Britanica Encyclopedias. Encompassing these mean streets that never sleep is a music scene so fierce and unrelenting that it had to be categorized as hardcore. Transcending the hardcore scene however is almost as difficult as rising from the gutters of NYC. Hailing from the NYHC scene, Biohazard, attempted just that leap of faith into the eyes of the mainstream with a fair amount of success earlier in the decade. Their modest beginnings in the underground gained them almost cult status from their self titled debut. However, duets with rappers Onyx and the success of their Warner Bros. effort State of the World Address established Biohazard as the crossover hardcore kings. Since that time the band as struggled with somewhat of an identity crisis. The quartet is may finally be coming to terms with their sound on "New World Disorder" as they begin to merge strong, song-orientated writing and catchy hooks with the angst and aggression of the hardcore roots. As one might fathom, however, it is not the easiest task in the world to bridge the gap between the gritty stance of the urban element and the mall-goth imagery of the suburban youth, meaning either one or the other is going to feel slighted somewhat after finishing the disorderly conduct ensuing on Biohazard's Island records offering. In the end, however, the interplay between Evan Seinfeld (bass, vocals) and Billy Graziadei (guitar, vocals) harkens back to their self titled debut, only with more polished productions. There are sing along chorus', moshable breakdowns and enough crossover potential to make every hoodlem from the mean street to the mall parking lot happy when witnessing the songs live. "New World Disorder" may not represent the comeback of the decade for Biohazard, but it does see them as a band taking some of the right steps in re-establishing themselves as a formidable part of the new-school-of-metal equasion."

Definitely not the best from Biohazard

N. Durham | Philadelphia, PA | 09/19/2003

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I was never a big fan of "New World Disorder" since it's release in 1999, and I was afraid when I first heard this album that Biohazard was starting to lose their edge. Thankfully, I was wrong, but "New World Disorder" remains one of the few lowpoints for this otherwise incredible band. Songs like "Switchback", "End of My Rope", and "Skin" just seem so generic, so un-Biohazard that it makes me scratch my head at wondering if the band was trying to be more successful comemrcially here with this album. After all, this was released at nu-metal's height where it seemed any band with a rapping singer and downtuned guitars managed to sell a million albums in a week. While this album does have a few bright spots, this is definitely not Biohazard's finest hour. Check out "State of the World Address", the classic "Urban Discipline", "Mata Leao", "Uncivilization", and the recent "Kill or Be Killed" if you want to hear some of this band's best."