{"id":9204,"date":"2014-02-27T06:12:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/uncategorized\/backfire\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:12:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:12:49","slug":"backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/backfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Backfire!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/bac.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/bac.jpg\" alt=\"bac\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nBackfire!<br \/>\n&#8220;\u0093Still Dedicated\u0094&#8221;<br \/>\n(Victory Records)<\/h4>\n<p>Lead singer Patrick easily has the most ferocious scream I\u0092ve heard in my entire life. \u00a0Thundering guitars, heavy bass, and frenetic beats best characterize Holland\u0092s hardcore uber-band Backfire! \u00a0Oh yeah, and that omnipresent scream. \u00a0Patrick must have an IV of cough drops and tea with honey running directly into his larynx when he\u0092s not in the studio or on stage because there\u0092s no way any normal human being can carry on that type of assault on a microphone without resorting to extreme measures. \u00a0\u0093Still Dedicated\u0094 finds Backfire! at a bit of a crossroads. \u00a0After long time drummer Richard unexpectedly took his life, Backfire! went to the studio with a lot of issues to sort out. \u00a0The result is a twelve track, hard-hitting sonic wall chock full of old school aggression and angst. \u00a0In addition to the title track, standouts include \u0093Trapped in the Maze\u0094 \u0093Freedom\u0094 and \u0093Leave it Behind\u0094-songs focusing on those who thought they had it all, only to realize their lives were constructed upon superficial ideals. \u00a0Fans of hard and fast rock without any false pretenses or wimpy sentiments will not be disappointed by \u0093Still Dedicated\u0094.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backfire! &#8220;\u0093Still Dedicated\u0094&#8221; (Victory Records) Lead singer Patrick easily has the most ferocious scream I\u0092ve heard in my entire life. \u00a0Thundering guitars, heavy bass, and frenetic beats best characterize Holland\u0092s hardcore uber-band Backfire! \u00a0Oh yeah, and that omnipresent scream. \u00a0Patrick must have an IV of cough drops and tea with honey running directly into his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[669,3627,8209],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}