Friends, it's time for pain again! Gary Meskil never gets tired and Pro-Pain is rumbling through the speakers again! With “The Final Revolution” the New York hardcore legend brings us a small and fine step “Back to the Roots”, as the last album turned out a bit thrashy. Bandmaster, singer and bassist Gary Meskil sat down alone at home and composed all the songs on his own. Everything that you experience on a daily basis is processed and processed from a self-reflected perspective. The result was album Numero 14, an angry grooving hardcore monster, which presents the band's well-known and distinctive musical sides in the best possible light.

Pro Pain - The Final Revolution

You don't have to waste many explanatory words about the New York quartet Pro-Pain. Since their groundbreaking debut album “Foul Taste Of Freedom”, which was nominated for various awards in the early nineties, the band around Gary Meskil has earned the affection and respect of countless fans around the world and is now rightly considered a true hardcore metal legend . All of her albums are a paragon of intensity, uncompromisingness, inspiration and honesty. The quartet always sounded a little different on the last two albums and tried new things. Starting in 2010 with “Absolute Power”, on which they went to work with a lot of melody and set new accents in the direction of metal. In 2012, “Straight To The Dome” hit the gas pedal again and paid tribute to fast hardcore and thrash. Now things are much darker and more classical again. The keyboard fountain pens and harmonic chants have fallen away. Meskil wrote all of the music and lyrics at his home in Sarasota (Florida) and you can hear that too. The twelve numbers of the 14th album were recorded, mixed and mastered in Little Creek Studio in Gelterkinden (Switzerland) by producer VO Pulver (Gurd).

PRO-PAIN - The Making Of "The Final Revolution"
PRO-PAIN - The Making Of "The Final Revolution"

Even if Meskil was always the head of the band, he was even able to have a fairly stable line-up at times. At least he had another founding member at his side, guitarist Tom Klimchuck, who accompanied him to the end on the permanently dizzying cast carousel. He had already struggled with health problems years before and had to finally throw in the towel. So now less well-known musicians are gathering around Gary Meskil, who probably support him in the studio and mainly on the stage to perform his new songs. So the surprises are thankfully limited, even without a co-songwriter. Everything moves at a high level and is just fun! There are no compromises and no gimmicks that were once used, which makes it hard to find a hit. “To make things as interesting as possible, I decided to take the helm and compose all the songs myself. This is the first pro pain album since the nineties that I wrote everything on my own. " so Meskil. The production is rough and direct, the feedback on it so far has been unreservedly positive. Meskil: “The album sounds extremely pissed off, exactly how a great pro pain album should sound. Task completed!"

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The twelve songs offer typical pro pain riffs and beats, the latter being clearly spiced up by the fit drummer. The good meskil used to use drum machines too often. But the two guitarists are also allowed to let off steam and shine with occasional leads and beautiful solos. The pieces are mostly set in mid-tempo, with the exception of a few up-tempo escapes and rarely exceed 3:00 minutes, and that's a good thing, because this makes the simple pieces entertaining in the truest sense of the word. Meskil yells out his message monotonously as always and anyone who likes bands like “Hatebreed” or “Sick Of It All” is familiar with this stylistic device! “The Final Revolution” is a record that hits the face as hard as possible and with insane punch, over and over again, twelve tracks long. This is exactly the shit that the guys from New York City always stood for and that was celebrated in the 90s because it blows your head and sounds like it sounds: Pissed off, direct and uncompromising.

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The opener “Deathwish” bangs out of the speakers in the best and most famous pro pain manner and Adam Phillips is allowed to solo like wildly here or at “Can't Stop The Pain”. Drummer Jonas Sanders takes on the double bass broadside and the boss himself has allowed himself some crunchy, crisp bass escapades, pro pain is a hardcore attitude towards life and will always be. “Southbound” based on geographical roots, the enormously repetitive and nevertheless sparkling “All Systems Fail” as well as the powerfully grooving “Mass Extinction” are the hottest contenders next to the ingenious title track, which one cannot miss after the first listen. There have always been no fillers of sharp quality with Gary Meskil, even more inconspicuous songs like “One Shot, One Kill” or “Emerge” have their moments. Special favorite could also be “Want Some?” that tends towards rap with its aggressively challenging apostrophes and brings a little variety to the otherwise very homogeneous album with an initial on / off dynamic. Such small outliers should have liked to appear more often. Even with all the love for Meskil's strong, charismatic voice, there could have been more of the backings used successfully in “Problem-Reaction-Solution”. But that is whining on a high level. “Fall From Grace” irresistibly encourages headbanging and “Under The Gun” ends “The Final Revolution” with a perfect example of an original crossover between Hardcore and Thrash Metal.

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Is that good or bad now? Well, if you like it straight, but especially appreciated the Thrash Metal influence on the predecessor “Straight To The Dome”, you will be disappointed this time. Basically there is only hardcore dynamics in your face, garnished with some fine solos. The new Pro Pain record is exactly what you expect from the band and therefore - as expected - as revolutionary as unleaded petrol is nowadays. That doesn't bother much though, because “The Final Revolution” is just fun and shows that the formation still has a lot of fire under its bum. Pro-Pain just do everything as always and therefore everything right - you just know what you got in this band. Especially in terms of production, everything fits this time. The guitars roast properly, the bass is throbbing, the drums are clearly audible, but fortunately not overproduced and Meskil's usual angry barking finally refines the product to a homogeneous whole. Album title, cover artwork and, last but not least, the music itself do exactly what is suggested - ramming down everything that is in the way at full throttle. Chef Gary Meskil is an idealist, both musically and politically: “My lyrics come straight from the heart and reflect my life experiences. I am very passionate about the way things are and my role in the world. I sing about the plight of the common man and at the same time try not to lecture people. Because if you want your opinion to be respected, you have to show the same respect for other opinions. I only use myself as a source of inspiration, which is why my texts are always honest and passionate. " Napalm is always in the air and Pro-Pain don't even think about slowing down for a second.

PRO-PAIN - "Deathwish" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
PRO-PAIN - "Deathwish" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Tracklist:

  1. Deathwish
  2. One shot, one kill
  3. Southbound
  4. Problem Reaction Solution
  5. The Final Revolution
  6. Can't Stop The Pain
  7. All systems fail
  8. Want some?
  9. Fall From Grace
  10. Emerges
  11. Mass extinction
  12. Under The Gun

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