Gwar, often styled as GWAR, is an American heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984, composed of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as Slave Pit Inc.. Following the death of frontman and lead singer Dave Brockie in 2014, the group has continued without any original members, although Don Drakulich, a non-instrument-performing member of the collective, has been with the band since 1985. more
GWAR — шок-рок-группа из США, выступающая в костюмах монстров. Все участники носят псевдонимы. Стиль музыки GWAR можно отнести к трэш-метал с сильным влиянием хардкора (так называемый кроссовер-трэш). Тексты GWAR посвящены ужасам, насилию, пародируют штампы метала и содержат нецензурную лексику. далее _________________
Gwar - Lust in Space
Year: 2009 Style: Heavy/Thrash Metal/Crossover Country: USA
Tracklist: 01. Lust in Space 02. Let Us Slay 03. Damnation Under God 04. The UberKlaw 05. Lords and Masters 06. Metal Metal Land 07. The Price of Peace 08. Where is Zog? 09. Make a Child Cry 10. Release the Flies 11. Parting Shot
Line-up: Dave Brockie - Vocals Cory Smoot - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals on ''Release the Flies'' Mike Derks - Rhythm Guitar Casey Orr - Bass, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on ''The Price of Peace'' Brad Roberts - Drums
Tracklist: 01. Saddam a Go-Go 02. Penis I See 03. Eat Steel 04. Jack the World 05. Sonderkommando 06. Bad Bad Men 07. Pepperoni 08. The Insidious Soliloquy of Skulhedface 09. B.D.F. 10. Fight 11. The Issue of Tissue (Spacecake) 12. Pocket Pool 13. Slap U Around 14. Krak Down 15. Filthy Flow 16. The Obliteration of Flab Quarv 7
Oderus Urungus - Vocals, Bass (on ''Eat Steel'' & ''Fight'" Jizmak Da Gusha - Drums Beefcake the Mighty - Bass, Vocals (backing), Vocals (lead) (on ''Eat Steel'' & ''Fight'') Balsac the Jaws of Death - Guitars (lead & rhythm), Narration (on ''Obliteration of Flab Quarv 7') Flattus Maximus - Guitars (lead & rhythm) Guest: John Mela - Trumpet on ''Saddam a Go-Go'': Michael Sid Jones - Trumpet on ''Saddam a Go-Go'': Skulhedface - Lead Vocals on ''The Insidious Soliloquy of Skulhedface'' Slymenstra Hymen - Backing vocals ''Crazy'' Jimmy Garlhoff - Trombone on ''Saddam a Go-Go'':
Tracklist 01. Intro 02. Madness at the Core of Time 03. Bloodbath 04. Nothing Left Alive 05. They Swallowed the Sun 06. Torture 07. Raped at Birth 08. I, Bonesnapper 09. Mr. Perfect 10. Battle Maximus 11. Triumph of the Pig Children 12. Falling 13. Fly Now
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"Battle Maximus" was conceived and recorded over the last year at the bands self-operated Slave Pit Studios, and was mixed by veteran metal producer Glen Robinson and mastered by the matchless Howie Weinberg. It features twelve brand-new tracks of sonic sedition guaranteed to make even the most hardened GWAR fans head explode, merely by looking at the packaging. With songs like "Madness at the Core of Time", "Torture", and "They Swallowed the Sun", the album not only tells the next chapter in the never-ending story of GWAR, but also stands as a tribute to the band's long-time guitar player, the incomparable Flattus Maximus, who left Earth and returned to the cosmos to fulfill his glorious destiny almost two years ago. Rather than attempt to emulate the un-matchable sound of Flattus, who had led the band from the depths of clown-rock to the elite tier of top-notch metal acts with a series of bone-crushing recordings starting with 2000's "Violence Has Arrived", Oderus and company struck out in a bold new direction. Enlisting the aid of Pustulus Maximus, cousin of Flattus, who wrested the right to join forces with GWAR after waging the epic "Battle Maximus", GWAR has created one of their most awe-inspiring albums to date, one that is sure to join the ranks of "Scumdogs of the Universe" and "Lust in Space", as the ultimate expressions of GWAR's contempt for modern society and the hypocrisy and horror of a world gone mad. Get ready, human scum...GWAR is coming...all over your face!
Tracklist 01 The Salaminizer 02 Maggots 03 Sick Of You 04 Slaughterama 05 The Years Without Light 06 King Queen 07 Horror Of Yig 08 Vlad The Impaler 09 Black And Huge 10 Love Surgery 11 Death Pod 12 Sexecutioner 13 Cool Place To Park
Ohw yes, this is one of the best and most memorable GWAR albums. The band was most popular in Europe in the early nineties with this album and their next and of course the legendary “Phallus in Wonderland” video.
Gwar was different, Gwar was fun. Gwar was highly memorable live. I’ve bought some of their albums after this one and even though “America Must Be Destroyed” was almost just as good as this one, around 1995 (the “Ragnarök” album) me and most others started to loose interest. The band began repeating itself, the scene had changed and the albums just weren’t as good as this one anymore.
What then makes this album better than anything after it (except “America Must Be Destroyed”). Of course the element of surprise is important but also this album has a perfect balance in which no style dominates the other too much and the songs themselves are extremely catchy and full of character.
Gwar sounds like a mixture of well played tight midpaced punk and pounding mid paced thrash metal with rude vocals. Talking about the vocals, Dave Brockie aka ''Oderus Urungus' has nothing less than a characteristic voice and performance which gives the music exactly the right amount of theatre it needs on record without the visual aspect.
Opener “Salaminizer” is one of the fastests song here and the punk influence is most obvious. Second song “Maggots” is uptempo as well and has a strong and catchy chorus. The Fly-sounds are a nice detail as well by the way. (Maggots….BZZZZZ….Maggots….BZZZZZ… maggots are falling like rain). So much fun!
The midpaced “Sick Of You” is a classic. The chorus is highly catchy punk and once you’ve heard it, you’ll never forget it. Most theatrical song is “Slaughterama” which works on album just as well as live. Filled with breaks and jokes it still is extremely funny and heavy. Other highlights include the catchy “vlad The Impaler” and the mighty “Sexecutioner”.
So there is a lot of fun. The lyrics, the outfits, the shows. But the fact remains that these boys (and a girl) can really play (they’re way better than other bands trying to be funny like Green Jelly) and write good compact and often catchy songs. This album was so much better than the rather generic and badly produced first album “Hell-O”. This is the album which (in terms of popularity) actually started it all for GWAR.
Tracklist 01 Ham On The Bone 02 Crack In The Egg 03 Gor-Gor 04 Have You Seen Me? 05 The Morality Squad 06 America Must Be Destroyed 07 Gilded Lily 08 Poor Ole Tom 09 Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good 10 Blimey 11 The Road Behind 12 Pussy Planet
