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By Jeanne Kalosieh
Please God,
don’t let them sound like Korn.
Please God,
don’t let them be anarchist punks that think simply bitching about something
means they’re aiding the revolution.
There is a God.
Kittie, the
Canadian quartet of self-described “glam-goth, metal-glitter” girls (ages 15
to 17), is stomping through the marshy land known to the stupid as strictly male
music. True, the debut album, Spit, fits right into the whole “New
Metal” trend, but Kittie is better. Kittie is a breed of pure Death
Metal, some slower drones, and cannibalistic lyrics. The sound is
reminiscent of the earlier days of Hole and Babes In Toyland, when cut-throat
screaming and homicidal harmonies were the keys to being a dignified “girl”
band.
The album will
send your body into fits of uncontrollable thrashing. More than that,
Kittie is comprised of very intelligent go-girls.
“There are
times that I really don’t think that people get what we’re doing and
understand where we’re coming from,” explains Morgan Lander (vocals/guitar)
in the press release. “We’re girls playing in a guys [sic]
business.” All hail, a dark storm is coming to rip you frustrated
feminists from your foundation and take you to the top of the twister. Say
bye bye, Dorothy.
“Being the way people are, they’ll look at songs like ‘Spit,’ ‘Suck,’ and ‘Choke’ and perceive them to be about promiscuity and guys, but you have to dig deeper than that, and actually look into the lyrics to see where we’re coming from,” Lander continues. Here’s hoping that Limp Bizkit et al. can read.
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