Release Date: 05 August 2022
Label: Napalm Records Handels Gmbh / Napalm Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8715392210129
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal Thrash
Release Date: 05 August 2022
Label: Napalm Records Handels Gmbh / Napalm Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8715392210112
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal Thrash
Description
A question popular among followers of Thrash Metal is undeniably this, "Which is considered the fastest Thrash Metal album of all time?".
There would be a high percentage of answers supporting "Reign In Blood", Darkness Descends" or "Pleasure To Kill". Now here's a startling
reality. Wehrmacht's debut album makes those albums sound as if they were meant to be listed under progressive Metal. The sheer ferocity
of these guys is enough to convince you why they were considered the fastest Heavy Metal band in the underground.
So what is it that makes this record worthy of being called an underground classic? Right from production to musicianship, the concoction
of several different ideas results into one colossal and inevitably unique style of their own. Many of you would probably wonder that there
might just be a natural leaning towards sloppy playing especially considering my description of their astoundingly fast nature earlier. But the
major surprise here is that all the musicians are extremely tight and precise with no single riff, solo or beat falling out of place. Tito Matos
is one of the most versatile Thrash singers one has ever heard till date. His clarity of words and ability to keep up with the rest of the band
with his lightning fast singing is simply commendable.
The songs in here are all ridiculously speedy pieces of Thrash Metal with practically little or no remorse for the listener. The title track with
that brilliant rendition of the famously eerie "Jaws" theme kicks off the onslaught with a tearing main riff that shreds away with speed and
precision.
Teutonic, Bay Area and a few east coast Thrash Metal bands have been instrumental in forging the whole genre altogether but taking the
intensity a couple of notches higher was undoubtedly achieved by bands like Cryptic Slaughter, Soothsayer and finally Wehrmacht. For a
year that was 1987, "Shark Attack" was way ahead of its time and has been highly regarded as the release that influenced many a band
in the Grindcore and Black Metal genres. To testify this statement of mine, U.K Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death have covered Wehrmacht
on one of their studio compilations, thus proving the exemplary effect this band had in the years to come.
Yet the irony still stands out as to why only the most devoted of Thrash Metal/Crossover freaks know about this band. As for some of you
guys, quit wasting your time listening to the senseless offshoots of Grindcore and shitty Black Metal and get a hold of this classic instead.
Description
A question popular among followers of Thrash Metal is undeniably this, "Which is considered the fastest Thrash Metal album of all time?".
There would be a high percentage of answers supporting "Reign In Blood", Darkness Descends" or "Pleasure To Kill". Now here's a startling
reality. Wehrmacht's debut album makes those albums sound as if they were meant to be listed under progressive Metal. The sheer ferocity
of these guys is enough to convince you why they were considered the fastest Heavy Metal band in the underground.
So what is it that makes this record worthy of being called an underground classic? Right from production to musicianship, the concoction
of several different ideas results into one colossal and inevitably unique style of their own. Many of you would probably wonder that there
might just be a natural leaning towards sloppy playing especially considering my description of their astoundingly fast nature earlier. But the
major surprise here is that all the musicians are extremely tight and precise with no single riff, solo or beat falling out of place. Tito Matos
is one of the most versatile Thrash singers one has ever heard till date. His clarity of words and ability to keep up with the rest of the band
with his lightning fast singing is simply commendable.
The songs in here are all ridiculously speedy pieces of Thrash Metal with practically little or no remorse for the listener. The title track with
that brilliant rendition of the famously eerie "Jaws" theme kicks off the onslaught with a tearing main riff that shreds away with speed and
precision.
Teutonic, Bay Area and a few east coast Thrash Metal bands have been instrumental in forging the whole genre altogether but taking the
intensity a couple of notches higher was undoubtedly achieved by bands like Cryptic Slaughter, Soothsayer and finally Wehrmacht. For a
year that was 1987, "Shark Attack" was way ahead of its time and has been highly regarded as the release that influenced many a band
in the Grindcore and Black Metal genres. To testify this statement of mine, U.K Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death have covered Wehrmacht
on one of their studio compilations, thus proving the exemplary effect this band had in the years to come.
Yet the irony still stands out as to why only the most devoted of Thrash Metal/Crossover freaks know about this band. As for some of you
guys, quit wasting your time listening to the senseless offshoots of Grindcore and shitty Black Metal and get a hold of this classic instead.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Amen Corner
Totengott
Sear Bliss
Powerwolf
Sig:Ar:Tyr
Nestor
Kissin Dynamite
Elvellon
Wehrmacht
