Track Listing

1. The Cleansing
2. Void Of Harmony
3. Words Of The Dying Man
4. The Beggar
5. None Shall Return
6. Whiskey War
7. A Dreamer's Fortune
8. Valor
9. Open Fire
10. Brave The Rain
11. Greed

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78737 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-06
• Number of discs: 1

From the Artist

"ATP possess the kind of punk rock edge that most of their reefer-toting peers would die for....truckstop rock doesn't come any finer than this. An extended forefinger to the face of fashion" - Kerrang!

"(ATP's)Ryan Lake, is one of the best overall players I've heard - he's like Warren Haynes good." - Mark Morton / Lamb of God

About the Artist
DOWN, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, CLUTCH, THE SWORD, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, WOLFMOTHER, SOUNDGARDEN, SAVIOURS

Album Description
Veteran metal warriors ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY return to the international arena armed with new vocalist Kyle Thomas (ex- EXHORDER, FLOODGATE) and the devastating new album Open Fire. Open Fire's 11 song charge sees ATP honed into a leaner, meaner, and wholly more-metallic killing machine. Tracks like Words of the Dying Man, Valor, Whiskey War and None Shall Return impact with the subtlety of a hammer to the head and stay embedded there long after. Spearheaded by Thomas' powerful battle cries and the burning fret-work of guitar-hero-in-the-making Ryan Lake, Open Fire is undeniably ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY's masterwork and follows through on their promise of delivering the finest metal this side of the hard rock classics.

Customer Reviews

Decent Metal But Not Fulton Hill
ATP's Fulton Hill is one of my favorite albums and I am fond of my Exhorder CD's, so maybe I came to Open Fire with excessively high expectations, but it didn't deliver what I liked about either group. It does not revisit the Sabbath-in-Alabama boogie metal of early ATP, let alone the astonishing variety of Fulton Hill. Nor does it deliver the rhythm-driven, pre-Pantera metal of Exhorder. And forget about the fabulous marriage of the two that I imagined (which on reflection probably sounded a lot like Down's first album). The music is more like what you would expect from the artwork: theatrical metal mixing gravelly vocals with screams that at times edge a little too close to the 80s (perhaps because they are layered?). Sorta like Judas Priest after simmering it for two decades and adding a dash of the U.S. South. The guitar work is still impressive and some of the songs have catchy riffs and/or catchy melodies, so I'm sure I'll pop Open Fire into the CD player every once in a while to keep from burning out on my other ATP discs, but it's far from the high point of their catalogue.

One of the Most underated metal bands in America
I had a chance to meet some of the guys like Eric Larson and Bryan Cox and have a few shots and some beers. I First saw them open for COC and I have been hooked since the first riff.

This album is balls to the wall metal. I have trouble describing it because it is such a unique sound that gives way to their influences from Sabbath to Skynyrd. I have told my friends try to imagine what it would sound like if Black Sabbath had been born and raised in Alabama instead of Birmingham, England.

All I can say is buy this frigging album. If you are like me and are sick of all the cookbook rock out there then this will cure what ales ya. I believe Alabama Thunderspussy is 1 of the 2 most under rated metal bands in the world. (Monster Magnet is the other)

My favorite album of 2007
First off, I completely went into this album knowing that Johnny Weils had been replaced with Kyle Thomas, former singer of legendary metal band Exhorder (you know, the ones that Pantera bit all of their style from). Anyways, I had high hopes for this album and ATP followed through and then some. I got to experience most of these songs live on their tour down to SXSW this past Spring 2007 and was blown away. Luckily, the album release date had already passed and I picked it up from their show.

Back to the ATP album: it rages! The songwriting on this album is what has really kept this album in heavy rotation for me. Choruses tend to nudge their way into your brain, especially the chorus to 'Void of Harmony.' I knew that Kyle could sing, but goddamn, he hits Rob Halford range on some songs (one of the ending notes of 'Words of the Dying Man' cracked my rear-view mirror... not really). His vocal lines run impeccably with the music and the band just sounds so much more cohesive as a unit since bringing him into the fold.

I will share one thing with you that upsets me a bit about this album: Relapse Records could really get behind this release and push the hell out of it and get 'Words of the Dying Man' more airplay and, in turn, ATP some more commercial coverage. I don't give a damn who you are, if you are a performing musician trying to make a living off of your craft and you are proud of what you've done musically, you want to see your band have some type of commercial success. Kyle's former band Exhorder had their style bit by Pantera and look who ended up blowing up from all that (the biters). I just hope that ATP get the success they deserve for being hard-working musicians. Buy this album! You won't regret your purchase if you like dirty Southern rock-n-roll/metal.