New Model Army. They go back to the roots, back to the source of all anger. New Model Army are evil yet they use it for our welfare rather than our destruction. They are good but they look bad.

Bittersweet, evil/good destruction/construction, hatred/love--New Model Army investigate the delicate borderlines and drive them to the point of no return. They risk death in the name of creation and push constantly on the invisible dividing line.

Evil/good. New Model Army tear you in half--they splatter one half against the wall and offer the other half illumination, cynical salvation and involuntary purification.

Sad. New Model Army are sadly neglected by the media. They are underestimated, underrated and misunderstood. New Model Army don't need a modern hi-tech image because...

Ugly. They've got Slade The Leveller, whose presence is terrifying. His ugliness glows, terrorises and impassions. It pulls in every eye, heart and nerve-end. It creates a threatening atmosphere of raw unexpurgated horror. His eyes bore holes through the black walls. He sneers and we shake.

Sensitive. It's true. They combine their dark satanic battering ram instincts with unexpected subtlety. The guitar playing is adventurous as well as slamming, the lyrics are challenging and intelligent as well as basically blasting.

Caring. New Model Army care in the most unliberal way that they can muster. At times, their parody is almost reversed. As they shout the compulsive chorus `We believe in justice we believe in vengeance, we believe in killing the bastards`, the original sentiment seems to outdo the satire and it's one of their most powerful songs.
Tricky territory
Punishing. Their centrifugal force is so concentrated and so committed that I think they are going to collapse. They are totally, utterly, completely absorbed in their output. They play, therefore they are. They suffer so that we can feel.
Guitar bass and drums transform into a genocidal orchestra. There is no peace.

New Model Army have got it. Now all they need is an aspiring Bernie Rhodes to attack the music biz machinery for them.