Review by Shadowdoom9 (Andi) for Spitfire (USA) - The Slideshow Whiplash (2001)

Today I decided to check out more release by Spitfire. The Slideshow Whiplash is an EP the band made two years after their debut album Dead Next Door and just one year before their first hiatus. I wasn't expecting a short EP to be slightly better than that debut, but that's certainly the case here! Most of the tracks in this album are in the same quality as the better half of the debut...

Well, there are only 4 tracks, and one of them is an instrumental. Still this is for any metalcore/mathcore listener and you may enjoy it once you try it. And if you haven't heard that debut yet, this EP shall make you up for that.

"This Ain't Vegas and You Ain't Elvis" (sounds like what a casino owner outside of Vegas would say to an Elvis impersonator) has awesome strength in the lyrics. "Bulletproof and Tall as Jesus" is the best highlight of this release, and it's too perfect for me to put into words. It segues to the title interlude with is an odd mix of techno and jazz. Then the EP ends with the brutal "Heroin". Vocalist Jon Spencer sounds a little drunk in his attempt at cleans, but the rest of the track is nice and heavy.

I love most of what this band has in this EP. Nothing disappoints me, and this has better pointage than their debut Dead Next Door. The only things I would remove or improve are the title interlude and the weird clean section in the last track. If this was their way of saying farewell before their first hiatus, they've done it well....

Favorites: "This Ain't Vegas and You Ain't Elvis", "Bulletproof and Tall as Jesus"