Review: The Agonist - Once Only Imagined
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The Agonist's single, “Business Suits and Combat Boots”, opens with a whispered challenge: “Does history guide you, or do you set out to change it?” Um...what was Testament's third album called, again…? Powered by the record label that once brought you Nattens Madrigal, this band is basically a vehicle for straight-edge, blue-haired, “look-at-me-I'm-a-vegan!” lead singer Alissa White-Gluz's pseudo-political lyrical agenda. This fact wouldn't be so glaringly apparent if her cohorts were capable of bringing something to the table other than a riffless, chug-heavy brand of metalcore that has been heard a trillion times before, even by those who do their best...
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