Process of Elimination

Mace’s ‘Process Of Elimination’ (P.O.E.) falls between conventional metal and anarchist punk valleys, based in nasty chords rather than melodies. Call it ‘Metallic Punk’, ‘Punky Metal’, or whatever, but Mace’s proposal was very different from that of their contemporaries. The band relies on heavy-like-a-bulldozer guitars, driven by a solid drumming. Vocals delivery strikes like a flurry, but in such songs as ‘Act of War’ and ‘S.U.B.C.’, vocalist Kirk Verhey incorporates passive aggression that adds a certain something that further the cause, especially in the chorus lines. Mace’s musical statement was fuel-powered and driven to tear some walls down with their heavy artillery. Songs in P.O.E. could be described as rounds of blasting riffs and furious leads as the production allows the rage to come through from every anthem of war-dealing tales heard here. P.O.E. is worth listening if you are into metal records from the days of yore.