These days Celtic hip-hop trio House Of Pain are more or less viewed as a one-hit wonder for their platinum-certified 1992 single “Jump Around“. However, the Irish-espousing outfit actually also had an early hand in helping shine the spotlight on various rap metal-oriented acts amid their brief career.

While the majority of the House Of Pain catalog remains rooted in the hip-hop realm, House Of Pain themselves experimented with crossing over a few times, most notably pairing with NYC alt-metal outfit Helmet for “Just Another Victim” — the opening barrage from the landmark 1993 soundtrack for the film ‘Judgment Night‘. At the time, that ambitious album was one of the first full-fledged ventures in pairing established rap artists with musicians hailing from the metal and rock worlds...