Bavarian old school death/gore bastards Dead have returned with a vengeance. Formed in 1990, they have consistently barfed out releases, ‘Hardnaked… But Dead’ being their sixth album to date – one that the press-sheet proclaims is their best ‘since the reunion’… we shall see!
Following their tradition of featuring a foxy lady on their album covers, we are once again treated with some tits, but interestingly, this is the first Dead album where you can’t see even a glimpse of the model’s face, intriguing. A sign for change, perhaps? (Or even a sneaky reference to the first album on which you can only see the model’s chin and mouth). Well, not at all, actually, this still sounds like the good old Dead, worshipping upon the altar of Autopsy, Pungent Stench and Incantation. Fucking filthy Impetigo-type old school gore death!
Talking of the artwork, the booklet design is also most excellent. In the dying age of the CD, it’s great to see people still putting effort into this moribund medium – filled with retro varied elements to no end. A somewhat late notice to more sensitive readership here might be that the whole thing is filled with tits and frontal female nudity, so stay off’a this!
So what we have here is ten bad-ass tracks. With titles such as ‘Cock a Hoop’, ‘Liquor Store Goddess’, ‘Tits’, ‘A Beer’ and ‘Possessed Soldiers of Luv’ you pretty much know what you’re up for. As the vocals are puking away (not more gore crap), the guitars grind their groove-filled death metal warcrys – all of this, you guessed it, over some horrendously filthy blasts.
But seriously, if you haven’t got a clue what this record sounds like exactly by now, I’m confused… have you ever heard of Autopsy? No? Jesus!
To conclude, if you’re into early old school death worship, this is for you. It’s never gonna be as good as the original (and maybe it’s a bit clean round the edges here), but it can still be a decent listen to anticipating worshippers.
P.s. there’s South Park samples.
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Miika Virtanen
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