Following on from Biohazards last album "Uncivilization", Biohazard have again upped the ante and recorded an album of uncompromising and brutal Hardcore that could show bands half their age a thing or two. Album opener "Worlds On Fire" could be an out take from Patera's "Vulgar Display Of Power", all blastbeats and crunching guitars - Its about as far away from anythiung they have ever recorded (Unciviliztion Accepted) in the past 10 years as is possible. Billy's vocals on "Kill Or Be Killed" could be Speedhorns dual vocal assault in terms of brutality, whilst the albums closer "Hallowed Ground" again showcases the 'Hazard's new found love of all things heavy. It may be a sign of the times in whitch Biohazard , after a career of Rock/Rap/Metal albums have woken up and smelt the demise of Rap/Nu-Metal. Some could even accuse them of jumping on the coat tails of more extreme bands, such as current touring partners Hatebreed, In an attempt to reach a new and more astute audience....But i say Fuck that.. This is about as close as you can get to Perfect metal/hardcore album and should see another upsurge in Biohazard's popularity whitch , based on this album alone is well deserved!!....

-Nick Griffiths.

I may be bias since this is BIOHAZARD and they can do no wrong in my eyes, but I have to admit KILL OR BE KILLED has reinvented what hard-core kids adored and appreciated about BIOHAZARD. They have retaken the aggressive, nonstop massive sonic attack that albums like URBAN DISCIPLINE gave to you years back. Although lyrically the guys have made a record that addresses the September 11th issue and how screwed up our government is with dismal, dark, and emotionally charged lyrics coming out. It also brings out the sonic brutal and honesty of what the band has always been about with songs like the fast paced raging BEATEN SENSELESS to the slow and dark jolt in OPEN YOUR EYES. The guys have made an album that caught the raw vulnerable state of the D.F.L. attitude. HALLOWED GROUND sums up the reaction to the events of 2001 on the bands home turf. It's sombering, dark and unleashes passion and pure anger. Harmony embraced vocals start the tune out and Evan tells the story with conviction and emotion. NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET begins slow and dark then punches you in the gut with solid drumming and fist pumping verses. BIOHAZARD has come back with a vengeance with KILL OR BE KILLED.
by: Stephanie Stevens

One of the things I have always loved about Biohazard was that beneath all of the rage they express in their music, they have a spirit of camaraderie with their fans and scene in general. Like their peers in Hatebreed, they set out to embody the frustration kids have in their lives and at the same time offer a message of hope and self-determination. But with their latest album Kill or Be Killed, that spirit of hope and change seems to have up and left.

This time around, Evan Seinfeld and the rest of the gang are seriously pissed. Rather than telling the world to change, they focus on the dark and dismal elements of the place they live in. In some sense, they ask if the world is already doomed. As a seminal metal-core band from New York City, it would be obvious where the inspiration came from for this album. But, even though the last song “Hallowed Ground” directly reacts to the events of September 11, there is a much wider global view here.

In terms of atmosphere, the album reflects the paranoia and nervousness people feel today — the feeling of always being on guard against some invisible enemy. On one hand, the band says they see themselves as Americans, and on the other, citizens of the world. This is the global source of the confusion, rage, and passion that they put forth on this record. And because of this sense of passion, they have put out an album that is as relevant and heavy as any that their present-day peers could ever conceive. With Kill or Be Killed, Biohazard have reclaimed their crown as the heavyweight champs of metal-core.

BIOHAZARD'S LAST album, 'Uncivilisation', was less a piece of music and more a role-call of their famous friends. It featured guest appearances by Phil Anselmo, Type O Negative's Pete Steele, Agnostic Front's Roger Miret and Cypress Hill's Sen-Dog, not to mention various members of Hatebreed, Sepultura and a smattering of Slipknots. The overall impression was one of clutter and self-importance. "Look what an institution we are," it boomed, "to be able to call on such friends". And to some extent the Brooklynites "are" an institution. Biohazard deserve credit (or blame) for being in on the rap crossover thing (almost) from the start, but the problem is that they were never particularly good at it. It may have made their name and set them up as rap-metal's older, uglier brothers, but the hip-hop element of their sound was always ham-fisted and clumsily done. Thankfully, then, Biohazard have all but expunged it from 'Kill Or Be Killed'. There's still a familiar rhythmic cadence to the delivery of tracks like 'Dead To Me' and 'Never Forgive Never Forget', but on the whole this is a more direct and certainly less cluttered slab of sound. What's more, without the distraction of puff-chested hip-hop stylings, the band possess a new-found intensity. Biohazard have sounded hard before - although admittedly often in a comic book, bone-headed fashion - but they've never sounded this passionately, face-strippingly "brutal".'Kill Or Be Killed' was recorded at Biohazard's own charmingly named Rat's Piss studios in New York, and the bloody, raw production suits the material perfectly. There's a near death metal intensity to the two-pronged vocal attack of Evan Seinfield and Billy Graziadei, while the guitars switch from monolithic grind to a phlegm-soaked sludge that could almost have come from Raging Speedhorn. These slow, thick riffs are laid atop Danny Schuler's relentlessly hardcore drumbeats for an effect that's as
bone-crushingly heavy as it is searing and pacy. Respect, then, to Biohazard. They could easily have stuck to their tried and tested formula and remained at the top of the small rapcore heap. In not doing so, they've just made the best album of their career.

"Something truly Nasty has emerged from Biohazards Rat Piss Studio's. On the New York Legend's Latest Album, they offer Body - Slamming , Bone Crushing Hardcore while leaving their rap learning's on the back burner.
The Thuglike vocals of Evan Seinfeld (who also stars in HBO's prison drama OZ) on "Heads Kicked In" and "Beaten Senseless" Havent Sounded this furious in quite some time. And the Brawing tarnish guitars of Billy Graziadei and Carmine Vincent are reminiscent of the bands album "Salad Days".
-J.P.

Growing up in Brooklyn, being a Biohazard fan is just about mandatory. I've been down with Biohazard since their demos, with the questionable lyrics about the "Master Race" and all that good stuff. They've come a long, long way since then. There was a time, not too long ago, that Biohazard was the biggest thing going in the underground. I mean, they were absolutely everywhere. Aside from the Aerosmith / Run DMC song, I can't think of anyone who was mixing rap & metal before Biohazard. They were doing rap metal before Anthrax hooked up with Chuck D. Biohazard truly wrote the book and other bands just took it and ran with it. Check out their first two records and you'll know what I mean. They were doing the whole urban - rap - metal - groove thing before it was the only thing. The first track I'm checking out on this new record is "World On Fire". Right away I notice the recording is much more low-fi than previous recordings, giving the whole sound more of a raw feel. Its still got that patented Biohazard groove although theres a little more Messhugah in the mix, more than I remember at least. Its got a lot of open, droning guitar chords but still has the classic Billy & Evan vocal trade-offs. "Make My Stand" continues with droning chords laid over some urgent beats. This track reminds me of Hatebreed, which is funny because Hatebreed is a band that openly sites Bio as a huge, huge influence. This record has a lot going in the sludge and groove department. Its a lot dirtier than their previous efforts and I like that. I'm also hearing some old school Sepultura "Roots" going on. At this point, I think its undeniable that Biohazard has taken off their blinders and have become well aware of what everyone else is doing around them, I thought that was painfully obvious on their last record, "Uncivilization". Its odd when a band that once took first steps wherever they walked begins sounding like bands that only formed years ago, but its inevitable. They might be done inventing but this is a mean fucking record and it shows you that Biohazard still means business well over a decade later.

What happened on 9/11 in Biohazard's home-town New York City has made a big impact on their new album. All the anger over the attack and the consequences concerning the whole wide world are put in 10 tracks. Being so close to the events, it's no wonder that Kill Or Be Killed came out to be such an aggressive and brutal album.
Opposed to what they did on Uncivilization, Biohazard has gone back to their hardcore roots. They also didn't use as much guest appearances this time.
Song like Never Forgive, Never Forget and Heads Kicked In will garantee a mosh pit fest at the live shows.
All the old-school Biohazard fans will appreciate this album, because you can hear bits of their most succesfull album Urban Discipline in it, but this time a bit more brutal.