First thing you have to know about Kill Matilda is they are going to rock the sh*t out of your skull. Either live or on I Want Revenge get ready for your head to explode with Heavy Riffs and Dusty’s ear piercing screams. But never overdoing the screams Dusty keeps the decibels in check.

I got lucky and saw Kill Matilda before I got to listen to I Want Revenge and their live show just blew me away by how in your face their music is. With Harding pounding Guitar Riffs and the pounding volume to match each venue they play shakes the buildings rafters and leaves cracks in the foundations. This album is only a touch of what you can expect live, but in no way am I harping on the album I just have to get the point across of you need to see this band live.

Right from the start of the album Kill Matilda doesn’t let up and give you the chance to catch your brain from rattling inside of your head. With a quick drum and a Dusty Count in Kill Matilda starts off the album with “Zombie Apocalypse” Oh how quickly does the album begin indeed, right away they hit your ears with one of many hard hitting guitar riffs. The vocals in this song and throughout still amaze me how Dusty can go from a rock but easy sounding vocal range to hit some of the harshest vocals I have heard in a long time, and how easily Dusty goes into the harsh raspy sounding vocals then quickly slips back into her normal Rock vocals. Timing becomes a crucial begging for the band between two guitars and the vocals they nail the timing on this track perfectly, especially during the part of “Look Out Behind You”, I still remember Dusty yelling this lyric out live.

Three tracks down the title track I Want Revenge finds its way onto the track list. A quick drumstick count in is all Kill Matilda gives your head a break for. I found myself not being able to stop myself from fisrt pumping a few time sin this song, as Dusty gives it her all vocally throughout the track. Again it is her vocal ability that makes this song so complacent  for me within their massive control which they quickly place on me. Mykel’s bass gives the song quite a bit of backbone while it may be hard to hear your first couple of times through the song. The Bass really takes a hold during the “quieter” parts of the song and blends in fittingly behind Dusty’s vocals during a few key parts of the song. The ending of the song was a bit of a surprise for me the first time I thought they would have finished out the song strong and fast but they chose  a quick fade out instead.

“Geisha With A Switchblade” is a song that is worth a mention because of the lyrical content over anything else, this is one of the songs where the vocals loose a little bit of strength but I have always found myself listening to the lyrics instead of focusing on the vocals. They put emphasize on the lyrics during the key lines as Mykel’s bass plays a deep riff throughout. To give you an idea of the lyrics here is a quick sample of one of the lines.  Oh I love my knife, my friend’s got another friend his name is rope he likes to choke. To deepen the meaning of the lyrics they are written from the aspect of one of the sex trade workers who is out for revenge.

To pick up your copy of their album Go see their live show pick it up if not you can visit their website at www.KillMatilda.com