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Murder Inc. releases Answer to Art
"Thrash is back on the menu" says lead singer Maz Quiñones
Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor
July 14, 5718


Murder Inc, the Sulari-based Thrash band, demands volume on the Radio

Thrash is now, and always really has been a niche genre in Kalistani recorded music, but a new band hailing from Sulari wants to be a part of it. The band, Murder Inc. led by lead singer Maz Quiñones, would like it to be known that he thinks Art Rock is terrible. "It's really... I don't even know how to say it. No disrespect to Mr. Jones, but that kind of music just don't appeal to people who... I'll just say its really Capital oriented, not hood oriented, if you know what I mean?"

He explained that Thrash is more the music of the working class. "I mean, you know I'm a working class guy. My band is a working class band. My guitarist drives a SPT bus on a route every day. So you know, we aren't the kind of guys who the Arty types are making music for. We're the kind of kind of guys who come home every day dead tired, and just want a beer and to stop having everyone f--k with us, you know?" He said Murder Inc. was formed to give the members an outlet for their energy. "You know, sometimes when life is hard, you gotta find something to occupy your time and your mind or your life can go to a bad place. Drugs, crime, whatever: the Devil finds work for idle hands. If you put a guitar or a microphone or a set of sticks in those hands they ain't idle anymore. And suddenly, Thrash is back on the menu."

In thrash, Quiñones says you find a lot of influences naturally within the Sulari music scene. "You got metal, you got punk, you got hip hop gangsta attitude. It's uncompromising, and its raw. Thrash is just speed, aggression and volume, and that is what we need to hear more of on our radio. I want music on the radio to sound like this again." Asked if this is a direct reaction to the trends in Kalistani music, Quiñones pulled no punches. "Man, I don't think anyone even gets Art Rock, and I really honestly don't think anyone even likes pop and R&B. They just buy that stuff because the commercials on KRTVN tell them to. You listen to radio 1 these days and its just a bunch of whiny dudes complaining about their stupid feelings. Like who even cares about all that. This is what our music sounds like, this is where Kalistani music comes from. This is the roots. We got lost somewhere along the way."

The first released track off the new LCR release The Family Business is a cover of the anthemic Thrasher classic "The Hour of Reprisal" from 5064, and Sulari Underground thrash band Mocking God's 5066 "Do you Wanna Die?" The thrash and speed metal medley is an homage to louder sounds and has been met by generally positive reviews by critics and fans alike. Critic Mike Wick said "At last, something I have to turn down when I drive by a police station again. I've been waiting a long time for this," while music listener Veronica Newton of Dana said "Yeah, we like to play this band after the restaurant closes and we are prepping and cleaning for the night. Finish your work, smoke some herb and blast Murder Inc. For sure brah..."

The style, however is still pretty niche: It debuted well below the Hot 100 Albums chart, and "The Hour of Reprisal/Do You Wanna Die?" has not made it into regular rotation on KRTVN. But that says more about the charts which is clogged with better selling, more mainstream, and therefore more moderate fare than the quietest song on this 14 track, 23 minute long speedfest of an album can ever manage. "I mean, this is something we can do that's creative," said Quiñones. "It's really for us, to be honest. I'm really happy that fans like it, and we are playing 7, 8 hundred person shows around Sulari and Dana, but at the end of the day, I don't imagine I'll be quitting my day job anytime soon. We're lucky that LCR covered the cost of the record because they believe in us. But we work cheap: they'll recoup if they sell like three hundred units."

You can can check out Murder Inc.'s new medley "The Hour of Reprisal/Do you Wanna Die?" from their debut album The Family Business right here, and if Thrash is your jam, do the band a favor and pick up a copy of their album at your local record outlet.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPHJLB1ZeAc]
Classic Sulari Thrash Medley "Hour of Reprisal/Do you Wanna Die?" by Sulari based Thrash Metal band Murder Inc.