{"id":9163,"date":"2024-10-12T11:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T16:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9163"},"modified":"2024-10-12T11:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T16:12:18","slug":"album-review-flotsam-and-jetsam-i-am-the-weapon-album-afm-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=9163","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM -I Am The Weapon (Album)-AFM Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/71un5ZxyHIL._UF10001000_QL80_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/71un5ZxyHIL._UF10001000_QL80_.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/71un5ZxyHIL._UF10001000_QL80_-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/71un5ZxyHIL._UF10001000_QL80_-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>review by Detroit Jason Kenski<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arizona thrash metallers Flotsam And Jetsam are back with their 16th album &#8216;I Am The Weapon&#8217;, released September 13th on AFM Records, and once again they don&#8217;t disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a longtime Flotsam And Jetsam fan, like Slayer and AC\/DC, you know what you are getting with them. The album&#8217;s title track showed that the band was NOT phoning in or just going through the motions. Eric &#8220;A.K.&#8221; Knutson shows why they should not be overlooked, even 40+ years since their debut. Like most 80&#8217;s metal singers, he plays to his strengths and doesn&#8217;t try to force the notes he&#8217;s notorious&nbsp;for, which shows that STILL needs to be respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Gates of Hell'(my 2nd favorite track off the album) has awesome riffs, guitar solos and a great example of an earworm chorus. &#8216;Primal&#8217;, which is played on Sirius XM&#8217;s Liquid Metal station, is another track that shows the band still has something to offer to old school heshers and new metalheads both. And like the band, &#8216;Black Wings'(the last track on the album), I&#8217;ve saved the best for last. This has to be the best song they&#8217;ve done since their heydays. Ken Mary&#8217;s drum work on this track is phenomenal. The intro has a symphonic black metal sound to it, and they actually pull it off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I am a big fan of their last 2 albums(2019&#8217;s &#8216;The End Of Chaos&#8217; and 2021&#8217;s &#8216;Blood In The Water&#8217;), I think this album is a tad bit of an improvement, and I am glad that they are still going strong. Kind of like Flotzilla(their mascot).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"I Am the Weapon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9gG_YTsIxRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>review by Detroit Jason Kenski Arizona thrash metallers Flotsam And Jetsam are back with their 16th album &#8216;I Am The Weapon&#8217;, released September 13th on AFM Records, and once again they don&#8217;t disappoint. As a longtime Flotsam And Jetsam fan, like Slayer and AC\/DC, you know what you are getting with them. 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