### Lizzy Borden: Appointment with death

#### 13/12/07 || Euthanatos

This album was being passed around in GD like a hot potato. Naturally, the only one that had the cojones to take on the beast was yours truly, the E-Man.

Lizzy (Lizzie) Borden, as you all know, was the central figure in a murder case two centuries ago and that, to this day, has yet to be resolved. The lead vocalist of this outfit decided to borrow the name for himself, caring not that it was a woman’s name, much like legendary Alice Cooper, and also, thus, named the group. Although part of the atrocious, hideous, ghastly glam rock scene of the eighties, Lizzy Borden’s material is much closer to “shock rock” in theme and traditional heavy metal in sound. Thank God.

I haven’t heard much from the band throughout the years, only a track here, a song there, always figured they were nothing special. Fact of the matter is, the band really is nothing special, but this album is far from being a huge piece of stinking turd, and certainly did not deserve the horror from the other faggot reviewers of this site. Ha. Controversy, riot, chaos.

Anyway, apparently this is a concept album, but I’m too lazy to figure out what’s going on here. Not that I would dare read the lyrics. With a title like “Appointment with Death” and ingenious song names like “Live Forever”, “Bloody Tears” and “Perfect World (I don’t wanna live)”, it would probably feel like reading US Weekly.

All I know is that there’s a bunch of special guests, going from Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal fame and Corey Beaulieu of Trivium to George Lynch. That gives the album quite a refreshing feel, lots of different influences and input. Lizzy, the singer, has solid, solid pipes, age hasn’t seemed to faze him at all, and creatively speaking, the band has two feet planted firmly in the traditional metal style, as I mentioned, going a bit faster than usual. Appropriate for fans of Thin Lizzy, early Judas Priest and the like. Not bad at all.

The cover: evil angel or whatever with half-naked chicks. Now that’s what I’m talking about.

6 lame album and song names out of 10.

- Information
- Released: 2007
- Label: Metal Blade
- Website: www.lizzyborden.com
- Band
- Lizzy Borden: vocals
- Ira Black: guitar
- Marten Andersson: bass
- Joey Scott Harges: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Abnormal
- 02. Appointment with Death
- 03. Live Forever
- 04. Bloody Tears
- 05. The Death of Love
- 06. Tomorrow never comes
- 07. Under your Skin
- 08. Perfect World (I don’t wanna live)
- 09. Somthin’s crawlin
- 10. (We are) the only ones
- 11. The Darker side