Tracks Side 1:

1. Oblivius Maximus (2:33)

2. It Takes No Guts (2:06)

3. Everyone Hates Everyone (3:49)

4. The Introvert (3:46)

5. The Alcoholic (2:30)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Fuck Your Enemy (1:40)

2. 4 Songs (6:18)

3. Messages (2:01)

4. All Of Our Lives Will Get Tired (3:21)

5. Antifaith (2:14)

Tracks Side 3:

1. Ozena (3:56)

2. Drug Your Love (2:51)

3. Haunted Hated (2:40)

4. Stupid, Stupid Man (2:33)

Tracks Side 4:

1. Creepy Crawl (1:54)

2. Superjoint Ritual (6:34)

3. Starvation Trip (1:23) (Demo, Bonustrack)

4. Little H (2:05) (Demo, Bonustrack)

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I have always been more of an admirer of Phil Anselmo's side bands than his most well known outfit Pantera. I think he wears his influences well in a band like Superjoint Ritual and on this album sludge and punk metal are in fine form. This is a fairly pissed off bunch of stoners playing on here with Phil in particular screaming his dope infested lungs off wall to wall. By the end of the record, he sounds like he has a case of the rabies while stoned out of his mind. Superjoint is actually a group he started back in the early to mid nineties with some guys from various sludge bands in the New Orleans area. The southern flavor is quite apparent but this album probably won't appeal to the ragged shirted red neck crowds who worship Dimebag as a god. This is more for those who appreciate The Cro-Mags, early CoC and EyeHateGod with doomish influences.

There is nothing fancy played here, just a bunch of power chords and fast tempo structures. Oblivious Maximus is an instrumental that states this style quite obviously. It Takes No Guts is a crackling and gritty song that follows with a violence that ignites the rest of the album on a blaze of fire. Every One Hates Everyone is just as fast and the guitars take on a doomy Sabbath tone towards the end. The Introvert finds Phil screaming just as in the previous songs at the start and then there is another sludgey breakdown until it cranks up again. Alot of the songs on Use Once and Destroy contain this sort of schizophrenic temperment.

The next two songs are very interesting because they have the feel of groove metal converted into rabid punk tracks. Fuck Your Enemy especially sounds like punkish Pantera with its almost anthemic chorus and the drumming here reminds a bit of Vinnie Paul's. I do wonder if this was originally written for a Pantera recording at some point. At any rate, I am glad it made it to this band's songlist instead. It's an amusing detour.

Things kick back into the straight punk metal mode starting with 4 Songs which is a medley like combo of demos. It's a pretty good track that wraps itself up nicely before it goes on too long. Messages is a short song that starts with an acutely down-tuned riff. Alot of the songs run together well. If you don't look at the track listing, you won't notice that the next song has come on. Antifaith serves as the to bridge the fast punk style to the rest of the album that slows down with each song to a sludgy conclusion. This stage of Use Once and Destroy is my favorite. Drug Your Love is the cut that really made me fond of the album. There is a short riff on it that is identical to the one found Messages and perhaps on one other song too but just below the minute mark, there comes an absolutely splendid Sabbath-y breakdown that always gets my blood pumping.

The album always sounds like it should; just pure drug induced aggression bursting with hate and paranoia. Phil Anselmo is a great singer who can always be counted on to bring his demons to the fore with gusto and musicianship. Cleary, most of this album was written during his smack addict years. He sounds tortured and there is not a false note of pretense in doing a project this stripped down. Roll a joint, crank up the player and enjoy Phil's exorcism Ritual. (marktheviktor/metal-archives.com)

Philip Anselmo - Vocals, Guitar
Jimmy Bower - Guitar
Michael Haaga - Bass, Backing Vocals
Joe Fazzio - Drums

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