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Je n'aime pas dans les vieux films américains quand les conducteurs ne regardent pas la route. Et de ratage en ratage, on s'habitue à ne jamais dépasser le stade du brouillon. La vie n'est que l'interminable répétition d'une représentation qui n'aura jamais lieu.

Jingle My Bells (1993) - Strip Mind

This is an EP that contains five tracks.  The title track is a really nice five minute metal workout.  The other four tracks all kind of go together.  There’s a Sludge Version & a Punk Version of O Christmas Tree; and then a Sludge Version & a Punk Version of O Tannenbaum, which is, of course, O Christmas Tree in German.  There seems to basically be only one instrumental track for the Sludge Versions and they lay in different vocals.  The Punk Versions of O Tannenbaum & O Christmas Tree are somewhat different, though not much.  This EP really flies by; it adds up to about sixteen minutes and some people feel cheated by the fact that the last four tracks are all so similar.  That didn’t bother me, however; I had a blast with this one.  I just really like the sound here and this is a great gift for the metalhead in your life.  Or, you know, just get down with it yourself.  Loved this.  4 stars.

tl;dr – brief, high-energy metal EP clocks in at sixteen minutes of pure fun; a real breath of fresh air.  4 stars.

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