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1. This Tribal Antidote 4:14 �0.69

2. Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell 5:52 �0.69

3. Invocation 7:54 �0.69

4. Implosion 6:41 �0.69

5. Majestic 5:40 �0.69

6. Walking With Gods 8:36 �0.69

7. The Lightbringer 9:38 �0.69

8. Judas Goat 6:21 �0.69

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Having inspired the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot and Tool, Jaz Coleman and Co. return after their release of a successful live album and sell out tour in 2005. Recorded in Prague by Mark Lusadi - who also recorded the bands debut in 1979 - the album sees the band deliver a no-holds-barred mixof pounding guitar led tracks in true Killing Joke Style.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lift up your spirits!, 7 April 2006

By	Dark Forces (Durham, County Durham United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

Long awaited follow-up to the awesome 2003 offering from The Joke. Bit of a curate's egg this one, but the good bits are - as usual - the best stuff you'll hear this year.

'Hosannas...' kicks off with a decent but unspectacular rocker, 'This Tribal Antidote', which sounds like it could be a candidate for a single. Then into the title track, which we've all played to death since being released as a single. It's still totally stunning though. Onto 'Invocation' a string-driven stomper with a Middle Eastern feel which feels like it going to be an instrumental before Mr Coleman kicks in after a couple of minutes. Next is the other track previewed, 'Implosion', a cracking thrasher which has really grown on me. 'Majestic' reminds me strongly of 'Intravenous' off the 1990 album 'Extremities'.

Then the main course. And there's two of them - what a treat!! 'Walking with Gods' and 'The Lightbringer'. 'Walking...' brought up the hairs on the back of my neck ("Push yourself to the limits of human endurance"). Up there with the best tracks they have produced - EVER. 'Lightbringer' takes the riff from 'The Wait' on the 1st album and stretches it into a blinding track nearly 10 minutes long. Get in! Just listened to it three times on the bounce and it is totally Joke-tastic.

Truth be told the album fizzles out a bit after these monsters. Track 9, 'Judas Goat', I don't like after a couple of listens and the final track 'Gratitude' is a decent enough grinder very similar to a lot of the stuff on 'KJ 2003'.

In summary, Jaz and the lads have delivered with this. Some staggeringly good tracks, a few not so good. But that's The Joke for you.

Also worth a mention is the incredible artwork on the CD

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best album of the year, 6 Dec 2006

By	R. M. Watson "rusty74" (london) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Apart from a few tracks, I'm a relative newcomer to The Joke, so I have not been fortunate enough to have followed them through their various incarnations. But I was completely blown away when I heard this album. It's an angry, merciless, ranting assault on the senses. If you like Coldplay or Feeder, chances are your are not going to like this album. But if you like crunching riffs the size of a third world country, and more vibrancy and vitality than you can shake a proverbial stick at, then this is right up your alley. Invocation and Judas Goat are two of the most incredible songs I have heard to date. Get it now !

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Joke rumbles on, 20 Nov 2006

By	Mr. M. L. Hawes "Mitchmusic" - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

As Killing Joke continue down the path, enlightening new listeners to their tribal antidote it is worth considering that they are the true fathers of industrial rock.

That alone is not enough to guarantee a good review and in comparison with the first and previous KJ albums this doesn't quite hit the mark, but I would take issue with some of the other reviews on show, the rhythm section is rumbling away in full swing and perhaps they have decided to hit a new furrow with a straight forward rock feel.

The chunky sound of Tribal Antidote is followed by the exceptional Hosannas and then into the Communion world of track 3. Imposion is stunning and crunching in its intensity, yes the production is muddy in places, but that doesn't mask the quality of songwriting.

KJ have represented an all important strand in my life as a band who have still carried on the punk ideals, who start trends rather than follow and who still thrill me every time a new release appears. Hosannas is no different.

I've shown my Gratitude in buying this record, I strongly suggest you do the same.

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