This second full length by these Crossover leading act from Los Angeles-Suicidal Tendencies, was actually released by Carolne Records in 1987. Four years after their self titled debut and some new faces (except Muir of course) the sound is raw and heavier. One of the well known albums that had the crossover genre of punk and metal known as thrash. Mike Muir used different vocal ranges compared to the self-titled album (sometimes sounding similar to Lemmy from Motörhead). The best cut on the album is probably the most atypical Suicidal song there is, the anthemic title track. This sort of swaggering adrenaline pumper will give you swivel neck after the first bar. An instant heavy classic that ends with a manic thrash fest. Unfortunatelly, the sound is bit thicker than their self titled previous album. There could have been many reasons for this fiasco, but considering the renewed quality of the following year's How Will I Laugh Tomorrow, perhaps the most likely is that Join the Army was a transitional album in the transformation of the band's sound from hardcore punk to thrash metal.
Well, not much to say, this is a classics band with their well know and worth collected albums, what's more to expect?
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