Metal Church - Generation Nothing

Metal Church kind of fell off my radar, several years ago.  For the most part, I lost interest, in the band, after the departure of David Wayne (R.I.P.) in the late 80's.  I still followed them, but was never blown away by them again, as I had been with their first two releases.  It wasn't just the departure of Wayne, because it seemed like the songwriting fell off, right around that same time.

The Metal Church line ups, as well as their releases have been fairly hit or miss, over the last several years, but they have shown some stability as of late.  Ever since the band re-united back in 2004, the line up has been fairly stable.  To be honest, the band did shut it down in 2009 for approx. 3 years, before resurrecting once again.  In 2012 the band fired up again, and their first release since re-uniting is Generation Nothing.

Generation Nothing is the first thing I've heard the band do, since their somewhat disappointing 2004 release, A Light in the Dark.  I have to say, I was pretty excited to hear the band had new material coming out, so I jumped at the chance to review this one.  It is like that old friend you hadn't seen in about 10 years, your curious to see what they've been up to.  Know what I mean?

Generation Nothing starts off a little stale with the somewhat generic track Bulletproof.  It is your run of the mill, up-tempo rocker that just sounds like, been there done that.  Truthfully, it sounded like a poor man's Overkill tune.  I think I'm thinking Overkill because vocalist Ronny Munroe has a similar singing style to Mr. Blitz.  The CD didn't come alive for me, until the track Noises in the Wall, which starts off a little eerie, which brings back memories of classic Metal Church.  It is a well constructed tune that is melodic an heavy at the same time.  Killer tune.  From this point on, the CD gets pretty strong.  Though some of the tracks come off as a bit generic, there is still enough good material on this one to make it a keeper.

Standout Tracks: Noises In the Wall, Suiciety, Scream and Hits Keep Comin'.

Bottom Line:  Metal Church dusting off the cobwebs to give it another go.  This is probably the strongest thing that band has done in years, and is worth checking out.

-Ragman is thinking he may be digging into some classic MC for the weekend.