S.O.R.E. - "Source Of Raw Energy" @ Score! Music Magazine

	S.O.R.E. - Source Of Raw Energy
	Location	Milwaukee, WI
	Initial Impression	A rap/metalcore band from Wisconsin, that has a link on their website to Vanilla Ice. Oooooh boy...
Notable Lyric	"I'm that pimp, I'm that playa / I'm that hustle muthafucka / Try to take from me it's 6 feet deep for a sucka / Spotlight shinin' on the show bum rusha / I'm the melody assassin, I'm the microphone crusha," from "H8ters."
Factoid	S.O.R.E. won a $10,000 Jim Beam sponsored recording contract in 2000, played at the Midwest Music Conference in 2001, played "the Big Gig" (Summerfest) in 2002, and have songs in two films and an extreme sports video.
Serve With	Space enough to move. It's not possible to sit still for a band with a double bass drum.
Comments	Boy, was I blown away by these guys. Solid, solid music. With the rapid-fire discourse of Reveille, Metallica-esque guitars, and the melody of Sevendust, S.O.R.E. are doing exactly as they're meant to. Their music creates a wall of crunching fury, and the lyrics pace back-and-forth in this self-exile. Favorite tracks would be the earnest "Namesake," pulsing "Sore Spot," "Spent The Time" which would sound great as a duet with a female (raises hand), and first single, "Dark December." While I can't say this is an album I can 'relate' to, it's absolutely one that is going to get repeat performances in my CD player.
URL	www.sore-s5.com
Reviewer	Jaimie (3/03)