Drunkard - Hellish Metal Dominate

Jean-Pierre

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Jun 27, 2004
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It’s more lethal than receiving a nail spiked baseball bat to the skull 500 times. It’s more deadly than 5 million piranhas ascending upon a scuba diving troupe. It’s more tremendous than having to face the wrath of OVAH-KILL. This is the one of the greatest Thrash albums ever conceived, even better than Torture Squad’s “Pandemonium”. Hailing from Greece, Drunkard are so krieg that it hurts. So old-school that you would think they were stuck here in a time warp. This is THRASH of the highest order!

The riffs keep coming, exploding like an endless thunderstorm. The songs slay endlessly, like millions of razors descending upon a city of poseurs. Bassist/Vocalist Sawas barks out Metal Commands that would make Tom Angelripper himself stand and salute. The best thing to compare this to is “Pleasure To Kill”, but remove all the parts where emphasis is put on melody alone (you wont find anything like “Riot Of Violence” on here). Even so, the album is glazed with mind-fucking solos, and riff, upon riff, upon motherfucking riff.

Every song is an assault of violent, innards-ripping German-style Thrash that never cools down or softens up. The intensity is overwhelming. If you like anything remotely resembling Thrash--YOU WILL BUY THIS. YOU WILL GIVE THIS BAND MONEY. YOU WILL BANG YOUR HEAD UNTIL IT FUCKING FALLS OFF. Buy or Die, unless you’re a Barry Manilow fan. 9.7/10


--J.P.
 
Okay I heard 1:30 min of Ride Trough Hell / Trashing Vein and it sounded like Dimension Zero which is not good at all. Okay, I probably didn't hear enough of the song and the album to judge but that 1:30 min wasn't good. The production was also horrible.
 
AsModEe said:
Okay I heard 1:30 min of Ride Trough Hell / Trashing Vein and it sounded like Dimension Zero which is not good at all. Okay, I probably didn't hear enough of the song and the album to judge but that 1:30 min wasn't good.

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AsModEe said:
The production was also horrible.

Who fucking cares about production?
 
Okay, if I explain myself a bit further, I could say that there was nothing I found new in the band... and I didn't get hooked at all. But, I can see why you guys are liking it. Most thrash/death bands bore me ( with a few exceptions ) but like I said, I would really need to listen to more of the album to judge. I tried to download some on Soulseek and stuff but I couldn't find anything. Let's say that I'm still neutral towards this album.
 
AsModEe said:
Okay, if I explain myself a bit further, I could say that there was nothing I found new in the band... and I didn't get hooked at all. But, I can see why you guys are liking it. Most thrash/death bands bore me ( with a few exceptions ) but like I said, I would really need to listen to more of the album to judge. I tried to download some on Soulseek and stuff but I couldn't find anything. Let's say that I'm still neutral towards this album.

That's fine and dandy, but Drunkard isn't "Thrash/Death" and the Dimension Zero comparison was egregiously...wrong.
 
Yeah, probably. I need to listen to more of it before comparing to another bands. This was only my first impression and it came especially when I heard the drum entering in the song.
 
Sounds really good, I am gonna check these guys out. If I know one thing from being a member of UM it's that Jean knows his fucking metal and he doesn't fuck around. Talking to him through posts on these forums has given me urges to take the one Enuff Z'Nuff cd I own piss on it and burn it afterwards.