After a six-year layoff from recording, Simi Valley punk/metal troublemakers Strung Out have emerged with a new studio album, 2015's
Transmission.Alpha.Delta. Despite the downtime, Strung Out, who've held on to the same lineup since 1993, haven't abandoned their trademark sound on these 12 new songs, fusing the speed and agility of punk rock with the outsized guitar firepower of metal, adding a dash of electronics to give the music a cybernetic texture that fits the edgy tone of the lyrics.
Transmission.Alpha.Delta is an aggressive but powerfully anthemic set of songs that shows Strung Out are as smart and as furiously powerful as ever; six years away have not dulled their edge one bit. ~ Mark Deming