Body Count: “We’re still not accepted in a lot of things. A lot of people still don’t even know about this band.”

Whenever a new Body Count album drops, you know it is going to slap hard. It should come as no surprise that Merciless, the Ice-T-fronted metal crew, lives up to its name. Pulling no punches and packed with riffs that wouldn’t look out of place on albums by metal heavyweights like Slayer, and Hatebreed, tracks like “Psychopath” and “Fuck What You Heard” find the group’s savage mix of thrash metal and hardcore coming in harder than ever. Lacing that with Ice T’s unfiltered part-horror part-social-commentary inspired lyrics and you end up with a record that is… Merciless. In our latest cover story, V13 sat down with bassist Vincent Price to talk about what inspired the aggression of the record, Ice T’s lyrics, and how some people still aren’t aware of the band… Let’s not waste an...

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