I am not sure what is going on here. To be an original member of Carnivore, you have to have been in the band before 2010, when Peter Steele died. That is even being generous to me, the band was Steele, Piovanetti, and Beato since they played on "Retaliation," which was my favorite album. Even then, I am not counting Keith Alexander. These guys played in bands like Sheer Terror, Crumbsuckers and Whiplash, though at one point in time Beato was connected to this project. These guys captured the feel, and even included some of the goth elements that Steele would later fully embrace in the band we know him for.
The title track that opens this EP shows these guys understood the assignment. They blends hardcore punk with thrashing. Baron nails the vocals for what Peter was doing during this time, though his bass playing does not match Peter's, yet they get the point across enough for me. While I am not as invested in Carnivore as I am Type O-Negative. I did like Carnivore back in the day, but they just did not age as well. Baron also captures the low spoken vocal feel in his best Peter impersonation. There is more of the melodic side coming out in the guitar on "I Stand Alone" with Baron continuing to pull off the sung vocals well, though that was not as big of a thing as it is being implied here. In the more hardcore punk blitz of "Social Decomposition," there was a more dominant side of what the band did.
"Mine is the Hand" shows a pretty accurate blend of the sonic colors the band once employed. It kind of fills the gap from where Peter left off with Carnivore and where he went on "Slow Deep and Hard" though production-wise it is more polished. There seem to be more guitar solos than needed, but it is not a deal breaker. I will give this a 9 and see how it grows on. Baron has to have put himself on the map for the reunion shows Kenny Hickey was talking about. If you are a fan of Carnivore, it will convincingly stratch the itch.
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