King James - Aggressive drum beating. Doom Wop Costanza - Bass playing, intestinal
fortitude. Ronnie James Theo- Guitar Riffing. Wes Nile - Throat, Napolean Complex
Influences
Old Style 30 packs, Budgie, Diamond Head, Lord Wierd Slough-Feg, Sexual Misconduct, Johnny Cash, Jesus Lizard, Bible of the Devil, Black Sabbath, Sleep, Iron Maiden, High on Fire, Pantera, Venom, Kyuss, The Cult, Manowar, Zeke, Filthy Jim, Queensryche, Jumbo's Killcrane, TAD, James Gang, Poison Idea, Clutch, Saxon, Weedeater, Sloburn, Hammers of Misfortune, Dio, Broke n' Ugly, Mitra, Mudhoney, Tenacious D, Neil Young, Trouble, Screaming Trees, Lamont, R. Kelly, Fleshies, Federation X, Drunk Horse, Scorpions, Knife of Simpson, Turbonegro, Fu Manchu, Thin Lizzy, Wipers, Diamond Dave - era Van Halen, Melvins, Motorhead, Dead Moon, AC/DC, G n' R, Cherry Valence, Ministry, Mojica, Judas Priest, Dust, Motley Crue, Rollins Band, Sir Lord Baltimore, QOTSA, Burton - era Metallica, Hellacopters, Stooges, KISS, Steely Dan, Montrose, Radio Birdman, Caustic Resin, MC5, Mastodon, Alice Cooper, Soundgarden, Skyforger, Slayer, Unwound, The Kinks, Celtic Frost, Led Zep, RPG, KARP, Tight Phantomz, The Toadies, Grand Funk Railroad, The Last Vegas, The Dutchmen, Accept, Buried At Sea, Jucifer, Little Jon, John Sykes, The Whip, Crucial Age, Ice Cube, The Decibators, Velcro Lewis & 100 Proof, Player's Club, Boulder, Honky, Drive Like Jehu, Nugent, All Night, Hot Snakes, 50 Cent, Speedealer, Rainbow, Dwarves, Deep Purple, Dinosaur Jr., Treepeople, Enemymine, Big Business, The Fucking Champs, Tight Bros. From Way Back When, Cream, American Draft, Broadzilla, It Burns, The Hateful Dead, Altamont, Ass-Jack, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Hank III, Bad Brains, Bad Livers, Bad Wizard, Beer Nutz, Cro-Mags, Tomahawk, Hawkwind, The Datsuns, Dead Kennedys, Dolly Parton, Drive By Truckers, Fantomas, George Jones, Helmet, Husker Du, MC5, Merle Haggard, Quicksand, Morphine, Scratch Acid, Shellac, Those Peabodys, Tom Waits, Brant Bjork, The Brought Low, ZZ Top . . . thats all you need to know for now.
Sounds Like
John Pegoraro of StonerRock.com sais: "Like Saviours, Early Man, and the like, Imperial Battlesnake is part of that modern retro-NWOBHM movement, although those influences aren't quite as obvious with the Battlesnake. There's a vague trace of Big Business to their rhythms and a bit of a "Lemmy partying on the Sunset Strip" to the vocals, giving this Chicago four-piece some distinction. That adds up to some sleazy, classic metal with strong punk leanings and a penchant for lyrical violence. Plus they have a song called "Monkey Knife," which automatically makes them pretty cool." . . . . . Others said:http://www.peacedogman.com/082705impbat.htm . . . . http://www.webalice.it/monkeyrock/recordreviewsNovember05.htm . . . . http://www.sleazegrinder.com/review_8-2imperialbattlesnake.htm
In the Hardlands of the Empire the weather beaten soil gobbles the toughest of seeds and births the most hardy of foliage. In kind, its rugged, booze sodden denizens have produced the raddest of Metal progeny:
IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE.
After four years of riding forth on several national tours through the gutless hinterlands of inferior riffs the group brandishes its electrical axes and beats the drums of war in defense of its hessian countrymen. IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE are the Sentinels of the Hardland and its 2nd full-length compendium of asskicking battle-hymns bares that very title.
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With razor-sharp guitar riffs and cast-iron vocals IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE ride roughshod astride a rhythm section fervently dedicated to punishing dynamics. Since early 2004 this band has been rattling the sabre handed to it from the metal warlords of a bygone era while blowing the dust off of battle lines drawn by fallen punk rock combatants. IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKEs first EP/Demo, 2005's Truth to Power, was met by Rock critics with much praise. Sleazegrinder.com called it "real, live, raw, pick-up-your-teeth-on-the-way-out rock n fucking roll, so if youre in the mood to punch somebody out or break just about any law at all, track this down and crank the bitch first." After the success of IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE's first full length "ATTACK!" in 2006 Monica Kendrick of the Chicago Reader called them "the geniuses behind Pastor of Muppets". Now this band brings its most mature and aggressive offering to the table "Sentinels of the Hardland."
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