This album from the master of jungle / extreme metal / breakcore alchemy and raver apocalypse came out back in 2005, but we just found some of the limited vinyl edition of this killer album that combines overt metal imagery and heaviness with spastic, schizoid breakbeat holocausts. The perverse tinges of house music and old-school hip hop that worm their way into Bong-Ra's massive raggacore grooves and hyperkinetic drum n bass don't dilute the dark vibe that permeates this album one bit, and while Hellfire isn't as blindingly fast as some of his stuff, this has some of the heaviest, slowest grooves we've heard from 'em, and even includes some of the smatterings of metallic crunch that has appeared with increasing frequency in Bong-Ra's recordings.

Opener "Skool Ov Violence" blends a heavy techno-groove with old school synths and scratching, later mixing in chirpy 8-bit video game sounds that are wrapped around thick buzzing bass lines and frenetic jungle breaks. Then it slows down for "Redrum", where the sound coagulates into a leaden raggacore groove with aggressive, ominous flow from producer/MC Mike Redman. "White Horse Come Soon" is a crushing, instrumental industrial-metal/electro hybrid, followed by the skittery, seething industrial dubstep / drum n' bass assault of "Go Tiger!" that features the bratty vocals of Hanin Elias (formerly of Atari Teenage Riot) and the splattery chopped-up jungle hysteria of "Bert Is Evil", which showcases the moody, androgynous singing of Luca Venezia (aka Drop The Lime), which momentarily shifts the album into a smoky, surreal atmosphere. The last b-side track gets back into pure aggression with the brutal dystopian dancehall and massive boom-bap thump of "The Claw", where Ras Bumpa's furious rapid toasting is intercut with sampled jaguar screams over the rumbling apocalyptic groove.

The second Lp begins with a dreamlike intro of children's voices and ethereal drift that segues into the fractured ragga of "Crack In The Mirror", with guest vocals from MC Quest One. Mike Redman returns with more of his aggro flow on "Pop That Cristal"'s dark raga / hip-hop / jungle heaviness, followed with the old school drum n bass of "Kill The Sound" and the somber, jazz-flecked "Serpent Tongue For The Blues". The final track "Come Out To Play" is probably the fiercest and darkest here, centering around a grim, almost Godflesh-like guitar riff that's laid over a chilly down tempo trip-hop groove fused with bursts of pummeling breakbeats and blown-out synth-bass, eventually morphing into warped chiptune-laced gabber and sampled lines from The Warriors.

Essential for fans of malevolent, apocalyptic drum n' bass / raga / breakcore.