Now this is more like it, snarling punk tinged rock 'n' metal from South Yorkshire. This young band is one I had been hearing good things about so I had my fingers crossed their debut album wasn't going to be a let down. Things kick off with the unusually monickered track “The River City Ransom Death Pact” which rips into you like the offspring of a union between Roadstar and Towers Of London. The punk tinge to their high energy hard rock sound works really well and gets things off to a flier. “Girl When Did You (Become Such A Car Crash)” is a more sing along number with a touch of pop/punk in there but the vocals raise it up a notch from the numerous pretenders out there. Things turn back to a heavier vein with title track “By Any Means Necessary” which a nod and a wink to Wednesday 13 in style and then “Bark, Bite, Scream” raises the heaviness bar further with a Motorhead like intro before ripping along like a scalded cat with vocals more in the BFMV camp. Next up “Faster, Faster, Kill” throws a bit LA sleaze into the mix to create a meld like G'N'R meets The Clash.

“Sirens & Machines” veers in a different direction with a more alternative metal sound with nods to the likes of Slaves To Gravity and Brigade whilst “She's My Disease” will be a bit of a crowd pleaser with a real high energy, almost Wildhearts type sound. Ironically the next song “This Is Not A Pop Song” is the closest song Disarm come straying into that territory although it does heavy up a bit as it progresses with a touch of Johnny Panic in there. Things get a bit more punk now with “Bring Me The Head Of Dorothy Gale, a song with a real Towers Of London flavour to it but at least the guitar breaks are very metal which adds a touch of variety to the number. The unusually named “iResistancia” is up next with some nice style changes present and an underlying drive akin to Zico Chain whereas “Bullets And Blasphemy” kicks out like a rampaging Shire horse and pulverises the listener with quality punk metal, vocally  well pitched it also adds interesting layered backing vocals to the mix. Lastly “Too Much Is Never Enough” is a bit more subtle in it's delivery than the majority of the album with a well produced deliberate edge yet still retains a huge amount of energy.

All in all By Any Means Necessary is twelve tracks, written, played, recorded and produced to a very high standard and if you like your metal a bit punk tinged with a hint of LA sleaze then you could buy far worse albums than this, a quality debut.

Michael Clark