These guys have shown much improvement with Sanctify (in both sound and their killer album cover art) since their last release. While at times churning out almost biker rock chunky riffs, they shrill it up Megadeth-style, double-bass rumble it speed metal style, add an impressive-enough solo, or gang vocal passionately enough to believe 'em. Not a knockout unit yet, but they're showing so much promise between this release and the last one that they warrant notice. Their song "Dance of the Dead" graced last issue's Hard Music Sampler CD.
Other coverage for this album
Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by D_ListerThe last album by Rebel's Mother came to me packaged with several surprises. The band then captioned themselves as "Progressive Metal" and in turn pounded out some killer thrash. What really shocked me was the first vocal part was a deep guttural death growl. All in all their first album The Dark Unknown was a fair project that showed great potential. Rebel's Mother is back, and they are…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by SORGThis 3 piece band from California has released another no holds barred metal album. There is evidence of influences from thrash masters such as Testament and Tourniquet on here but the sound of Rebel's Mother is a bit more modern and not quite as tight (sometimes sounding like a live jam session). Massive crunch guitars with tasteful leads and lots of low end groove fill this cd. The guitar…Similar sounding releases
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