{"id":16340,"date":"2016-09-05T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16340"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:50:13","slug":"content-needed-the-brainfart-looks-at-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16340","title":{"rendered":"Flashback Album Review: Slik Toxik – Doin’ the Nasty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slik Toxik – Doin’ The Nasty<\/strong>
\n Release Date:<\/strong> March 24, 1992
\nLabel<\/strong>: EMI<\/p>\n

Heading into the 90’s, the waters were a bit rocky for the hard rock\/metal world.\u00a0 The landscape was changing and bands such as Warrant, Poison, and Skid Row who all at one time were selling out arenas and amphitheaters found themselves playing to 1\/2 full venues and in some cases reduced to playing half full clubs.\u00a0 It was also a bad time for new bands of the genre who were coming out.\u00a0 While this was true, it definitely didn’t mean that these bands weren’t any good.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, bands like Tora Tora, War Babies, and Babylon AD were doing this stuff as good if not better than many of their peers.\u00a0 Of those acts, one band and their debut album rose above them all to really blow my mind.\u00a0 That band was Slik Toxik and the album was Doin the Nasty<\/a><\/strong>\"\".<\/p>\n

I know what you’re probably saying.\u00a0 “Man, that’s a lame name and lame album name.”\u00a0 Well, just shut your fucking mouth and listen.\u00a0 Slik Toxik was a band that was really unique in a genre that was beginning to sound tired and where every band was sounding like carbon copies of the very bands who were starting to dwindle.\u00a0 Slik Toxik brought a kind of hard rock that had me excited and made me forget that this kind of music was on its way out.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, I thought that Slik Toxik very well could be one of the bands that could save this sinking ship.<\/p>\n

The opening song “Big Fucking Deal” starts out perfectly but really sounds just like your ordinary hard rock song but right off the bat you’re made aware that the skill and talent of this band is undeniable.\u00a0 “Helluvatime” was the band’s first single but even as corny as it is, once again, you get the idea that this band is on to something but it all comes to a head on “Sweet Asylum.”\u00a0 Now this is where Slik Toxik flexes their muscles and opens the door a bit more.\u00a0 As you listen closely to this song, you hear all of the intricacies and brilliance in the arrangement.\u00a0 It’s a stellar fucking song and it’s infectious as all fuck.<\/p>\n