Biohazard - Punishment (REACTION!) 

You're in hardcore territory now boys! There's A LOT to discover!

The whole album is fire way ahead of its time for early 90s

Hardcore comes actually from Hardcore Punk which is a more raw, violent and fast version of punk...it was a huge influence on Thrash Metal...by the end of the 80s and beginning of the 90s, some Hardcore bands started using structures and techniques from metal, especially from thrash amd groove metal and the first wave of "Metalcore" was born, that is "Metallic Hardcore"...Biohazard was one of those pioneering bands...they also mixed some elements of hip-hop...I guess I know why you didn't like the vocals, but they are no MCs, and I don't really think they ever tried to be, their vocal style to me comes more from hardcore than from hip-hop...the groove, the energy and the raw lyrics are what make this band great...

Check out the Judgement Night soundtrack. You'll love every bit of it, especially the title track featuring Biohazard & Onyx. Also has Living Color with RunDMC, Sonic Youth with Cypress, Slayer with Ice T, Mudhoney with Sir Mix A-Lot. Many great tunes on that soundtrack.

Wolverine Blues by Entombed. They will dig that song cuz of the swagger, dirtiness and back beat.

Merauder Master Killer is a must for hardcore definitely one to check out 🤘

It is really not rapping, it is a style. Like suicidal Tendencies.

Hatebreed is their starter hardcore. Start with something easy with a groove, like Destroy Everything, or This is Now. Just sayin, it’s accessible and up their alley.

I think, from hardcore genre, Life of Agony "This Time" or any other song from "River Runs Red" album will be perfect fit for you guys

The difference is both Evan and Billy were rappin` while both playing their instruments and that was such a sight to see. Boys, you`re lucky, Biohazard is currently touring the world so give them a chance :)

PLEASE do more hardcore! "Terror" "Madball" "No Turning Back" would all be amazing choices but I doubt you can go wrong!

If you are going into Hardcore then you have to listen to Madball

Great reaction, guys! Me & my friends are in the Punishment video, which was the most played video ever on Headbanger's Ball on MTV back in the early/mid 90's. The filming of the video was one of the best days ever!

Biohazard debuted from NYC in 1990 w/ Evan Seinfeld (bass & vocals), Billy Graziadei (vocals & guitar), Danny Schuler (drums) and Bobby Hambel (lead guitar)... They were fusing 80's rap w/ metal before Rage Against the Machine and never truly got credit. Evan Seinfeld became famous for his role in the 1998 HBO series 'Oz'... and then got into the p+rn industry after marrying p+rn actress Tera Patrick... the 2 divorced after she wanted to quit the p+rn industry and start a family, and he did not... Evan Seinfeld ended up leaving Biohazard and the band disappeared after 2013. The good news is that Biohazard is back together and doing shows - the original band... Seinfeld, Graziadei, Schuler and Bobby Hambel. They are also talking about new music. Formed in NYC in 1987, the first Biohazard album in 1990 was followed by 'Urban discipline' (1992) which got MTV exposure and sold 1 million copies worldwide... Warner Bros. Records signed the band and released 'State of the world address' (1994) which was even more successful and sold 1 million copies worldwide as well... However, creative differences led to lead guitarist Bobby Hambel leaving by 1995. Biohazard recorded the album 'Mata Leao' (1996) as a trio and began working w/ a number of lead guitarists over the years... but the album did not get airplay on MTV or radio and sold poorly... Warner Bros. dropped the band, and a live album 'No holds barred' was released in 1997. They attempted to bring Biohazard into the new millennium w/ 'New world disorder' (1999), but the band was not generating the fanfare they once had... Biohazard declined to tour actively after 2000, but released 'Uncivilization' (2001)... 'K!ll or be k!lled' (2003)... and 'Means to an end' (2005)... before splitting up to work on other projects. In 2008, lead guitarist Bobby Hambel reunited w/ the classic Biohazard for a tour, but then bassist Evan Seinfeld ended up leaving... Seinfeld did return for the 2012 album 'Reborn in defiance' ... before quitting again. Biohazard attempted to replace Seinfeld, but ended up breaking up once again. In 2022, Evan Seinfeld reunited w/ Biohazard for shows w/ Graziadei, Schuler and Hambel. They have been playing live in 2023 and are working on a new record.

This is one of my childhood bands man. Makes me nostalgic. You should check out more from them. The song "Urban Discipline" is a strong suggestion!

They did 2 songs with Onyx. They did a version of their hit Slam! together and that was amazing! Then they did the title track for the Judgment Night soundtrack. Those two groups together were just awesome.

I bought this on cassette at the mall and I didn't regret.

Would love to see their reaction to the Biohazard X Onyx track Judgement Night

I’m telling you guys you gotta do some more Corrosion of Conformity. I suggest 13 Angels or Broken Man.

Its time for you to listen to the Judgement Night soundtrack.

That’s How it Is, with Cypress Hill and biohazard you may enjoy that song from them

I accidentally received this album in a Columbia House cd order when it was new. I was gonna send it back, but the cover art intrigued me so I opened it. THIS was the track that made me keep it.

This song blues the lines between thrash and hardcore. They even throw some melodic metal in there. A unique band that captured a moment in music in the 80s and influenced so many metal bands.

they're a great live band

Biohazard one of my top 20 bands of all time! Fits like a glove never old for me 🥊

I saw Biohazard and Onyx perform live together in NYC in the 1990’s…truly one of the greatest live shows I’ve ever seen

Man, y’all would love Merauder- Master Killer. The pinnacle of this Metallic hardcore punk sound with better production, meaner vocals, and none of the hip hop elements

To this day, the response that any of the songs on this album will draw out of an audience beggars belief. Never seen a crowd go more nuts than they do anytime Biohazard sets foot on stage.

I have been listening to this song for years. It's the shit. The whole CD is fire.

Hardcore comes from New York mostly so lots of street style, punk, beats, and GROOVE 💪

Holy shit ... this band this movement... this track ... they were so so so ... refined defined after this track ... seriously neXt Level ... play list ⭐

Ya hardcore is sort of separate from punk and metal, keep checking it out and you’ll start to see 👍

Biohazard is an excellent band to get into. A great mix of metal and rap. He has a rap style delivery, but it's more singing than rapping. They've done several collabs with their friends on Onyx. FWIW. they reunited this year and are touring with a new album due soon. They also have two side groups in Billy Bio and Powerflo Powerflo also includes members from Cypress Hill. .

A Band by the name the Crumbsuckers really pioneered the crossover of metal and hardcore with a backbeat slight funky groove in the mid to late 80’s ..straight outa NYC

Gotta check out the tracks they did with Onyx. Judgement Night, from the movie soundtrack, and the Slam metal remix.

If you guys would be so kind as to do the song “tales from the hard side” and that will fix all your dislikes about this particular song. Sidebar this is the band that onyx chose to remake Slam with. So from a longtime subscriber, just something I thought that I would throw out there in fact that album and it’s entirety is probably the most polished of everything they’ve put out. Thanks for everything keep it up.

Life of Agony - through and through

Their collaborations with Onyx hit harder!

Biohazard is not gonna be easy to get into. But once you guys do, it's a whole different thing. Do more of them 🔥

Holy shit, wasn't expecting this! 🤯 Keep the metal reactions coming guys! 👍🏻👍🏻

Really enjoyed Biohazard back in the day. Check out some of their later work Switchback and Breakdown you may really enjoy. Big fan of Down for Life and Human Animal, glad you all checked these guys out.

Propain and biohazard are much the same but propain had a better lyrical/vocal aspect. I just remember getting into this band because they had amazing riffs.

90s NYHC. So many good bands. Biohazard. Merauder. Madball. Dying Breed. Stigmata. So many more.

The modern hardcore deep end is Knocked Loose. Y’all probably won’t like the vocals but the music is incredibly heavy

Entombed - 'Full Of Hell,' 'Damn Deal Done.'

Guys, try the band called Lykathea Aflame. It is a really unique metal band!

Guys! I Really think you should do like a 5-10 song bit on just Hardcore alone. The term is the short version of hardcore punk, so it's roots are in punk. Basically take punk and trim all the excess, cut the intro out and the outro etc, make the songs as direct as possible. This was the early 80s. Then as these kids spent years perfecting their choos, getting influenced by a ton of other music, they started to make a lot of chugga chugga guitars and a metal type of guitar sound more. Biohazard come int play in the late 80s, this is NYHC. There was always a clown element to a lot of NY music, it was extremely "street" but these guys were no brain surgeons, just listen to their track with Onyx. Records/songs from to try and capture a bit of what is under the hardcore term: Minor Threat - Straight Edge for that og hardcore thing. Bad Brains - The Big Takeover (maybe do it from the live album " the youth are getting restless") Cro - Mags " We gotta know (react with the video playing, trust me) Earth Crisis - Firestorm (90s) All Out War - Soaked In Torment (90s litsa metal influence, Slayercore) Terror - Another Face

Just saw them live 2 days ago for the first time in about 26 years. Still going strong!

if i remember right, the singer of this band was also in the tv series "OZ", the show about the experimental prison. Yep, I looked it up, he played Jaz Hoyt in Oz.

Saw these guys open for Fishbone in the early 90s and got my ass launched off the stage a few times, what a show.

Just so you know. The two vocalists are playing guitar and bass while performing this song live.

Can concur, Biohazard live are fantastic, well worth it even if you're 'on the fence' about their recorded output.

Dudes the music video would of done this song an the N.Y.H.C. life style SO much more justice !!

I love the rapping. Admittedly it’s not high level rhyme and vocal dexterity but it works in hardcore.

The rapping is your „punishment“, George! 🤣🤣🤣

Madball- Can’t stop won’t stop. Certified playlist.

They are like a slower version of Slayer

... I'm a die-hard Slayer fan . .. Tom & Sandra Araya are the coolest most down to earth people I've ever known .. 3-26-16 I was blessed with the opportunity to see the band playing at the hard Rock hotel in Las Vegas... There's videos here on RU-vid from the show .. about 65 of the SS213members including myself were there in the pit .. crazy , unforgettable experience.. Sandra ended up being a really good friend of mine, I was a bit starstruck , hahahahaha... We all gathered up at the Pink Taco cantina there in the Hotel and had some good food with Mrs Araya. . Good times y'all. FFFUCKKINN SLAAAAAAYERRRR!!!!!

Yes! Biohazard!

Ah, 1992. The thing about experiments - as this song was - is that usually the results are mixed. Historically, it's worth the deep listening in a similar (but not identical) way that Anthrax's prior offerings are. YMMV expected and found.

Anthrax and Public Enemy...that shit bangs!!!

I doubt we’ll ever see Biohazard on this channel again, but I think the boys would like “Switchback.”

Remember the rapping is from like 92

If only Jamey Jasta had been born in time to do the vocals, this would be the perfect album

My first exposure to Biohazard was when they did a collaboration with Onyx for the Judgement Night soundtrack.

I first saw them on MTV in 1993, and loved it. Then in 1999 I saw them in Atlanta with Sepultra and Spineshank. That was a brutal show! And Biohazard were very cool guys.

State of The World Address was their best album.

Biohazard represents the most violent period in NYC Hardcore.

One of the best live bands I've ever seen live . \m/

Danny Schuler is the standard for a hardcore drummer, he's a beast. Check out "Wrong Side of the Tracks" to hear what I'm saying.

They ain't trying to rap, it just comes from the streets which is where the hip hop references comes from

we gettin into the hardcore now? lets goooo! "I question not me, it only happens to others I can't deny reality as life gets SMOTHEREDDDDDD!!!!!" these guys were pioneers no one was doin this shit at the time.

This is a blast from my past from when I was in the scene as a hardcore kid. NYHC til I die!

Saw them a couple of weeks ago in the Netherlands. They still got it.

Probably their most popular song, but the album after this State of the World Address was more next level for them. The song writing was better, the musicianship was better. I prefer songs like Tales From the Hardside, or What Makes Us Tick, to Punishments. They even started to do have guests like Sen Dog on songs like How it Is. I love the songs they did with Onyx like Judgement Night and Slam. They just reunited and are on tour with Megadeth right now.

I NOW don't consider them rap metal, but them and Pro Pain got me into rap metal in 1993. Fuckin one of the best live bands I've ever saw .

Hardcore is essentially an outgrowth of hardcore punk rock music. Infusion of metal and funk..., even hip hop. New York / D.C. / California - hotbeds of the inception of hardcore. One of my favorite genres of "hard" music. Gotta get into BLACK FLAG.

Just saw these guys open for Megadeth at Foxwoods in Connecticut! They really tore it up! I’m not a huge fan, but they were a lot of fun to watch. They still have incredible energy!

You guys should’ve watched the music video with this it goes with the music & represents the vibe really well because it makes it super clear they’re from New York City

Dive into the hardcore scene guys: us hardcore: Sick of it all, Madball, Slapshot, Blood for blood.... Eurocore: Right Direction, Backfire!

That Mixedbreed clip was dope. Love to see these boys doing it their way.

Live they are amazing. They call themselves Hardcore Punk/Metal. I think the Rap elements come from their upbringing but they never considered themselves rappers. These were the first band to cross all these boundaries.

Well shit, now where my Rock Video Monthly VHS at??

The first album is awesome it came out in 1990 the songs Retribution, Wrong side of the Tracks, Pain, Hold My Owen, Scarred for Life. Very hard to find.

The tempo changes in this song are rad.

Love Biohazard since the early nineties. I checked out mixedbreed. I could get into them.🤘

Would love to see more hardcore on this channel, I think you guys would really appreciate the messaging and lyrics broadly.

Biohazard and Onyx Judgment Night. Whole soundtrack is packed. Slayer/ICE T, Sonic Youth/Cypress Hill,Living Colour/Reverend RUN the DMC. Epic🎉

Got to meet these guys once twenty some years ago. They played a tiny club in Hagerstown Maryland. Super nice guys, great live show.

YES!!!!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽 I was hoping you’d get to Biohazard!!!!

Oh and also, idk if you guys have heard of hardcore 2-stepping, but yeah, it's a thing, among other "dance" moves. Some would even say hardcore is dance music. It's definitely mosh music though, i meam it's literally where the word "mosh" and moshing comes from

I would have thought "5 blocks to the subway" would have been a better choice to start with.

I love this entire album

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! I asked you guys to do this one a LONG time ago. Thank you!!!!!

The UFC analogy is a good one, like that time Rhonda Rousey tried to fight a boxer - Holly Holms...

I remember when Biohazard played with House of Pain back in the 90s.

Bear in mind that Evan Seinfeld is playing bass while he is rapping. That's not easy to do

NYHC !!!! Just saw these guys a few months back for the reunion shows and they killed it.

MY CHILDHOOD. Brother showrd me this band and I did a school project om them in gr.6 lmao.

hell yes great choice for a reaction