I sort of ignored this band at the time as I lumped them in with all the grunge bands that flooded our ears in the early nineties. But Warrior Soul had a serious sleazy rock n roll groove with politically tinged lyrics.
Intro and Interzone are short and sharp, and Rust is sleaze rock n roll. The third track in Drugs, God And The New Republic is a huge chunk of post rock goodness that would not be out of place on a Killing Joke album. Main man, Kory Clarke, was a one man band come poet/solo artist before the band was formed, and some of the lyrics (like on The Answer) have that poet delivery.
There is a classic rock undertone to a lot of the songs, and Man Must Live As One has a killer old school riff and it is my favourite on the album. There is even a song with THAT RIFF – The Real Thing – every rock band will succumb and use it at some point. A very raw rock n roll album that I like a lot more now than I did back in the day.
7.5/10 from The Grooveman.
