The Black Hand so zame eden najljubših bendov od trenutka, ko sem dobil v roke njihov prvi album ''Pilling the strings'' 10'' izdan ravno tako na Scorched Earth Policy...njihova glasba, besedila, nastop v živo...vse je po mojem okusu. Fantje prihajajo iz Kanade in so nastali iz političnega hardcore benda, ki je bil prej poznan pod imenom Ire. Izgleda, da so se tipi naveličali počasnega žaganja, ter si tako ustvarili novi bend z bolj drvečimi ritmi. Glasba, ki jo delajo je temačen in apokaliptičen punk/hardcore s kapljico metala in grobim ''evil'' vokalom. Podoben zvok bi dobili, če bi zmešali skupaj His Hero is Gone in Motorhead. Na začetku, ko sem dobil tole plato sem bil malo razočaran saj se mi je zdel prejšnji 10'' precej boljši, ampak po nekaj poslušanjih mi je plata tako prirasla k s srcu, da bi jo lahko polsušal po cele dneve. Tako kot glasba so besna tudi besedila, ki so naravnost odlična...politična in družbeno-kritična. V njih kritizirajo vse živo od Amerike, do korupcije države/cerkve, naših življenja oblikovanih po modelu drugih, religija...besedilo ''Man in Black'', ki so si ga izposodili od Johnny Casha pa razloži, čemu se njihov pevec oblači v črna oblačila. Zakon plata!

English Version:
I love this band from the moment their debut ''Pilling the strings'' 10'' aswell releaed od Scorched Earth Policy appeared in my hands! Their music, lyrics, live appearance... everything suits my taste! The guys are coming from Canada and before they started this band they were together in political hardcore band called Ire. Heh, it looks like they got bored of slow and painful music and therefore came out with the idea of a new, faster sounding project. Their music is dark and apocaliptical punk/hardcore with a little metal influences and a harsh ''evil'' sounding vocal. We can get a similiar sound if we mix together His Hero is Gone and Motorhead. At the begining I was a little diasppointed by the thought their 10'' was much better, but after a few trys ''War monger'' came so close to my heart that i could play it again and again. Like the music I love also lyrics which are writen perfectly and deal with political and social criticism of various topics like america, state/church coruption, living up to an image of others, religion, and so on... There's also a text ''Man in black'' they borrowd from Johnny Cash where their singer expalin why he's always dressed in black. Great album which will never leave my collection!