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While Transmaniacon had more breadth and depth, Western Xterminator is a gleeful testament to the liberating powers of unrepentantly excessive, heavy rock.
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Alternative PressTeenager music for people who were teenagers in the '70s. [Apr 2007, p.190]
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But if this introduction presents a retreat from the heavy metal parking lot, the rest of Western Xterminator returns to the usual spot and sets up a permanent trailer-home in it, with the 70s-Stones sleaze of Herrema's former band all but vanquished for a full-on 80s headbanger's ball pitched halfway between Sunset Strip flash and New Wave of British Heavy Metal thrash.
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This is a heavy-metal record in the classic style, stealing bones from the open graves of Black Sabbath.
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Q MagazineAlas, the only memorable moment is a cover of Fang's Money Will Roll Right In. [May 2007, p.129]
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SpinWestern Xterminator ventures further from the '90s opiate-blues legacy of Trux, sounding more exploratory than RTX's debut. [Mar 2007, p.98]
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RTX’s Western Xtermintor packs an undeniable hard-rock punch and leaves no question that the band have both the chops and the attitude to back it up.
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Uncut[Herrema's] songs still have the fuzzy weirdness of prime Trux, but now they're chunky, determined and fully formed, too. [Apr 2007, p.115]
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Under The RadarWestern Xterminator cuts to the cock rock with chugging power chords, pedal-processed leads, and a general atmosphere of scarves and twirling drumsticks. [#17, p.93]
User score distribution:
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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yesterdayheadbangerMay 11, 2007addicted already
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superstudApr 9, 2007this record kicks ass
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barryfMar 26, 2007holy shit, rock is back. i almost forgot about these guys.