Take the tripped out euphoria of Monster Magnet, throw it against the tongue-in-cheek brutality of Pungent Stench and roll it around in the death/rock 'n' roll stomp of Entombed and there you have the beginnings toward understanding the intense experience known as Crack Up. Their latest release, "Heads Will Roll," stands alone in its genre, heavy with originality and teaming with fury and defiance. After throwing away all stereotypes and re-writing the rules of traditionally serious death metal, "Heads Will Roll" has earned its lace, ushering in the dawning of what the European press and Crack Up enthusiastically call "Death Rock."

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