Some music is created to caress and envelop the senses in a delicate and sumptuous manner... some music is created to soundtrack the passion and intensity of romance... and some music is created to rip your head off and bounce your bleeding skull down the street. Meet Hondo Maclean. Named after an 80's cartoon character, this Welsh quintet are a stunning example of post hardcore fury. Embodying a tasty hybrid of Slayer style intensity and Poison The Well like invention and progressiveness, they are a potent and exciting force in an era of increasingly soulless replication. And like all the best extreme bands, they know when to temper their assault with a mammoth hook or a well-placed insidious melody. They may crush you, but those chorus lines will be stuck in your head as they do it! Such is the band's passion and drive that even movie superstar Asia Argento (of 'XXX' fame) has fallen for the Hondo Maclean charm! After hearing the track that the band named after her, she called the guys up and offered her services! And that's why you see Asia 's picture adorning the cover and reverse of the band's debut EP. Shows with Poison The Well, Anthrax, Sikth, Funeral For A Friend, The Lost Prophets and even Steve-O (of Jackass fame) have primed the guys for ever more ferocious performances and the live Hondo Maclean experience can be intense to say the least. Hondo Maclean - not your average rock band!

FUNERAL fo a FRIENDのデビューEP『BETWEEN ORDER AND MODEL/ZTCY-1001』に続く、UK／ウェールズの大注目レーベル「MIGHTY ATOM」と、ZESTONE/O-LEVELとの共同リリース第２弾！同じくウェールズ出身の５人組・HONDO MACLEANが、２枚のEPに続き、０５年２月にリリースした１stフルアルバムが、遂に日本盤リリース！先述のFUNERAL for a FRIEND等の流れを組むUKスクリーモ・スタイルを、更にへヴィーに！ハードに！したようなサウンドを聴かせており、USメタルコアバンド、ATREYUや、05年のSUMMER SONICにも参戦し注目を集める同郷出身のBULLET FOR MY VALENTINE等に通じるところも兼ね備えた独自のスタイルを追求！