{"product_id":"biohazard-state-of-the-world-address","title":"Biohazard - State of the World Address","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrooklyn hardcore reached its widest audience yet with State of the World Address, Biohazard's 1994 album and the record that took the band onto the Billboard 200 for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan Seinfeld, Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel and Danny Schuler had already built a fearsome reputation in New York's clubs, blending hardcore punk, heavy metal riffs and the rhythms and attitude of hip-hop. Signed to Warner Bros., they headed to A\u0026amp;M Studios in Hollywood with producer Ed Stasium, and the result sharpened everything that made them dangerous without sanding off the grit. The album charted strongly across Europe, especially in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title track opens the record like a declaration of war. \"Tales from the Hard Side\" deals in street-level storytelling over a crushing groove, \"How It Is\" brings in Sen Dog of Cypress Hill for a rap-metal collision that still sounds ferocious, and \"Five Blocks to the Subway\" captures the claustrophobia of city life in a few pummelling minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVocals bounce between Seinfeld and Graziadei over grooves built for circle pits, and the band never lets the tension drop for long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who grew up on Sick Of It All, Pantera or Cypress Hill's heavier moments, it's a defining slab of '90s crossover aggression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57352639217969,"sku":"8719262008182","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Biohazard-State_of_the_World_Address.jpg?v=1793990345","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/biohazard-state-of-the-world-address","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}