Apart from the debut Extreme Conditions Demands Extreme Responses Brutal Truth is not a band I've paid much attention to before, but the comeback Evolution Through Revolution made me realize that was a mistake so I went out and got Sounds of the Animal Kingdom. Brutal Truth 2009 is not far from where the four-piece left off in 1997. The music in 2009 is grindcore with some peculiar inputs in the vein of what was on Sounds of the Animal Kingdom. It's not as far out as drummer Rick Hoak's other band Total Fucking Destruction, but the music is anything than straight forward and conventional. The song-writing is good. For an example on "Get a Therapist…Spare the World" and "On the Hunt" the band put in some slow and jarring parts.

Overall it's like the four-piece try to think a little outside the box and it works. I like the way Brutal Truth mixes all the different things as it doesn't get too banal and straight forward. Actually the music often appears akin to how many grindcore bands do things today, but I guess it's not so much Brutal Truth that is instigated by these bands as it is the other way around. Something that is common in a lot of grindcore bands is the thin guitar sound. It's not that different in Brutal Truth, but Danny Lilker's fat bass is the right match for this to work and it gives the music the necessary volume for it to be brutal. Evolution Through Revolution is a convincing statement. There's no doubt that Brutal Truth are back at the height of its powers.