After the intro ‘Do You Believe’, which was probably ripped from a movie or something like that, Straight Outta The Gutter erupts with simple straight to your face Old School Hardcore with several Thrash influences. The atmosphere that’s created on the demo reminds me a bit to a mixture of the early Sick Of It All mixed by D.R.I. and S.O.D.

 

Notice that I say a bit because this demo never reaches the level of any of the other bands that are mentioned. Of course the production of this demo isn’t great but that is a problem that I can get used to, as a matter of fact I’m used to the crappy production most demos have. However, the biggest problem on this demo are the songs itself, because they lack some decent lyrics, song structure and playtime. Especially when the total playing time is only eleven minutes, which is quite short to convince a record label if you’d ask me.

 

But judging by their own website I’m wrong because they did score a record deal. Well I wish them all the best and I hope they will work on some greater songs for their album that is planned for 2007.