Thursday, October 9, 2008

Necrodeath - 100% Hell

Necrodeath - 100% Hell

Necrodeath
100% Hell
Scarlet Records
2/10



Backpatch thrash that's very beholden to the German scene of the late eighties, Necrodeath serves up an above-average ass-whipping that's negated about two minutes in by some of THE most annoying roto-tom sounds ever laid down to tape. Any drummer and certainly any, any producer knows that roto-toms are to be used extremely sparingly and the fact that this guy can't keep his sticks off of them is at first unusual, then amusing, then downright annoying. The insanity spills over into "War Paint," and at this point, a temper could easily be lost. Get Will Farrell over here and cue the "Needs more Roto" jokes.


It's too bad, really. There's some excellent guitar work and quite a few great songs on this record, but those rotos are so damn annoying, it pains the listener to an excruciating degree. No guest appearance of any magnitude is gonna save this puppy, so let’s not even get into that. Remix this thing and eliminate the insanity and you have a decent thrash album. Might I suggest calling Roto-Rooter, sirs?

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