Unitron "My only gun control is a steady hand"

Have more badass words ever been spoken on an album? I don't think so. While Snappin' Necks showed how good rap-thrash could truly be, Stuck Mojo went all out with aggression and a new atmosphere with Pigwalk.

Pigwalk is like Strapping Young Lad meets The Prodigy with Bonz's no holds barred vocal attack that is like Busta Rhymes on crack. This is an album of industrial machinery, ominous breakbeats, and some of the most aggressive rapping put to record. What reminds me of Strapping Young Lad could come from Devin Townsend being at the producing helm (with a couple vocal screams too), which definitely gives Stuck Mojo's crushing sound an extra electronic bite.

Mental Meltdown, (Here Comes) The Monster, Only the Strong Survive (which the opening lyric comes from), Violated, and the chugging mosher of Down Breeding are my personal favorites, though the whole album is great. Inside My Head is an interesting break in the metal, being an ominous ambient breakbeat track.

The following album Rising is my favorite Stuck Mojo album, but this is a close second.

martindavey87 "My gun control is a steady hand".

With lyrics like that, you know this album will pull no punches while hitting harder than a steel toe-capped kick to the testicles. Mental meltdown indeed. Rich Ward, Bonz, and the crew are back with this follow-up to the 1995 cult classic 'Snappin' Necks', and every aspect of this record improves upon its predecessor.

The guitars sound heavier, the riffs are groovier, the drums pound harder and the rapping cuts deeper than before. Everything here is a step up. This album just sounds so complete and so confident. It's a young band with a lot of anger, set to explode, lashing out at celebrity culture, a stagnant music scene and politics. All the makings of a great metal album.

Produced by the legendary (?) Devin Townsend, it's certainly no surprise this album has an almost "industrial" feel to it, musically similar to bands like White Zombie or Ministry. Townsend himself lends some backing vocals to the record, with his trademark high-pitched screams being heard on a number of tracks. And with bassist Corey Lowery and drummer Frank Fontsere (the beginnings of a life-long musical partnership with Ward), this album ushered in what many consider Mojo's "golden era".

'Pigwalk', 'Mental Meltdown', '(Here Comes the) Monster', 'Only the Strong Survive' and 'Violated' are all some of the finest examples of why hip hop and metal go so well together, and this album is a testament to why Stuck Mojo are one of the most underrated metal bands ever.

Only the strong survive.