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Band: PSYCHO CHOKE

Country: Greece
Product title: Chocke on This
Kind of product: Full-lenght CD
Release year: 2001
Label: self-released
Genre: hardcore power
Line-up: George "Fantom" Thanos (b.)
        Argiris Papadopoulos (g.)
        Billy Paralis (v.)
        George "Junior" Motesnitsas (d.)
        Panagiotis Baxevanis (g.)
Tracks: 1. Say Hello
       2. Gallactic Groove
       3. Faces
       4. Psycho Choke
       5. Break the Rock
       6. Little
       7. Piece of the Pain
       8. I Can't Take It
       9. Ill Will Intentions
       10. Green Technologies
       11. Shrink
Total time: 45:53

Review: Pantera meets Sick Of It All meets Slipknot meets Machine Head meets Madball and some of this new metalcore thing - that's how I see Psycho Choke on this album. This is their debut, but what a debut. Their sound is 100% American hardcore power with guitar riffs proving a lot of balls. It is not necessarly original, nor innovative, but it's powerful as such a CD should be and from my point of view the highlight is that angry vocal with a lot of immagination and courage to put it on application. He really feels the music, the rhythm and creates a vocal pattern that helps a lot the band. I guess on live shows he's an animal. Some funky, fractured rhythms are present as well through the good collaboration of their rhythm section. A good, good album for those of you in search of groovy metal.

Contact: www.psychochoke.com