The true achievement of Born From Pain's take on metal, and subsequently the band's fourth full-length, WAR, is that on many of the tracks the four instruments (two guitars, bass, drums) sound like one gigantic machine gun. Rhythm sections, and sometimes the two riffing guitars as well, do not come tighter than this. Add to the insanity lead singer Che Snelting's brutally minimal lyrics--e.g. the word "War" repeated over and over again for the duration of "Relentless"--and the result is bracing, politically charged metal that should resound far beyond the band's Dutch homeland.
Professional Reviews
CMJ (p.25) - "[They] keep things brutal with fraternal singalongs and riffs that'll make your head feel like a punching bag."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "[R]elentless, meaty riffage with immense breakdowns of chug-tastic proportions..."
