Burn My Eyes

“LET FREEDOM RING WITH A SHOTGUN BLAST,” bellows thrash vet Robb Flynn on opening salvo “Davidian,” a harrowing account of the 1993 Waco siege from the POV of the one of the extremists. It’s a bone-chilling moment. Building on the foundation laid by Hell cowboys Pantera, these Bay Area groove metallers deliver their socially-conscious missives with point-blank bluntness. With the help of his crack unit, Flynn takes aim at politicians, religion, his own failings. His rage provides catharsis instead of the real violence his targets inflict.