CoC : Pro-Pain - Pro-Pain : Review

Pro-Pain - _Pro-Pain_
(Mayhem Records, 1998)
by: Zena Tsarfin (5 out of 10)

You've got to hand it to those stubborn New Yorkers in Pro-Pain for maintaining their consistent -- if not slightly redundant -- sound for so many years. That's not to say that they haven't changed since their acclaimed hardcore/crossover debut, _Foul Taste of Freedom_; new songs like "Don't Kill Yourself to Live", "Mark My Words" and "My Time Will Come" are driving, spirited and downright catchy. Still, it seems that the boys are using the same 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to songwriting as Deicide, and both bands' respective fans seem to enjoy it. While Pro-Pain are not likely to win over new fans with this latest release, it'll surely appease their current following.

(article published 10/3/1998)

CHATS
8/28/2003	A McKay	Pro-Pain: As Big as the Rolling Stones?
7/3/2002	A Bromley	Pro-Pain: The Shocking Shreds of Dignity
12/13/1995	A Bromley	Pro-Pain: Painful Pleas From the Pros

ALBUMS
2/24/2009	A McKay	8.5	Pro-Pain - No End in Sight
8/28/2003	J Smit	5	Pro-Pain - Run for Cover
5/13/2001	M Noll	7	Pro-Pain - Round 6
3/14/1999	M Noll	8	Pro-Pain - Act of God
10/11/1996	A Bromley	8	Pro-Pain - Contents Under Pressure

GIGS
11/18/1996	S Cannon	Voivod / Crisis / Pro-Pain	Vicious Violence Vented