AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE – Shoot EP

AHC Shoot EPUS hardcore/industrial metal outfit American Head Charge made a few waves with their 2001 album ‘The War of Art’, released on the American Records label [original home to The Beastie Boys and Black Crowes, sometime home to the legendary Johnny Cash and metal titans Slayer].  It’s opening barrage of tunes hit like a concrete hammer, while the shouty, uncompromising and scratchy vocals from Cameron Heacock bore a resemblance to Sick of it All’s Lou Koller (circa 1998).  A great combination of tough musicianship and hard-hitting material proved a winning combination…and then the band disappeared for four years.  Perhaps this was a little longer than they should have been away, since by the arrival of 2004’s ‘The Feeding’, the band were reported suffering from internal problems.  Not long after, they were missing, presumed gone forever.

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