Means to an End [PA]

Performer: Biohazard
Engineer: Danny Schuler; Scott Roberts; Billy Graziadei
Producer: Danny Schuler; Scott Roberts; Billy Graziadei
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Billy Graziadei (vocals, guitar); Kieth Rooney, Evan Seinfeld, Brian Worland (vocals); Scott Roberts (guitar); Danny Schuler (drums). Audio Mixer: Ed Stasium. Recording information: Underground Sound Studios, South Amboy, NJ. Photographer: Eddie Malluk. On 2005's MEANS TO AN END, New York City's Biohazard returns to a stripped-down sound; there's no army of guest stars here (a la 2001's UNCIVILIZATION), just the veteran quartet and its straight-up, pummeling hardcore-metal. As always, socially conscious lyrics (the anti-war "Killing to Be Free") mix with themes of self-doubt and inner turmoil (the angst-ridden "The Fire Burns Inside"), and the emotional punch of these topics is hit home by the shouted vocals of bassist Evan Seinfeld and guitarist Billy Graziadei. Fifteen years after its self-titled debut album, Biohazard still sounds as vital and angry as ever, and longtime fans will undoubtedly be pleased with MEANS TO AN END.

Although Biohazard's landmark collaboration with rap group Onyx on a remix of that group's hit "Slam" (they also joined forces for the soundtrack to the film JUDGEMENT NIGHT) was far from the first rock/rap collaboration, it remains a commercial and in many ways artistic high point for the Brooklyn-based metal act. That said, Biohazard retained a loyal fanbase over the course of their decades-plus career, and their embrace of rap presaged many of the funk-oriented nu-metal acts that followed in Biohazard's wake, including Korn and Linkin Park. Likewise, their particular fusion of hardcore punk and metal was a direct precursor of the intense metalcore style that arose in the early 2000s.

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