Debauchery - Back In Blood
AFM Records - AFM153-3 - March 23rd, 2007
By Michael Koger
A few years ago,
Six Feet Under had the bright idea of doing an entire album of covers. Then they covered
AC/DC’s
Back In Black in its entirety. Neither album was well received, to say the least. Now, enter
Debauchery.
Debauchery, taking cues from their favorite band,
Six Feet Under, decided to pay tribute to
AC/DC with the album
Back In Blood (you see what they did there).
The world does not, in this reviewer’s opinion, need a
Six Feet Under clone band, nor does the world need another death metal band covering classic rock bands. The music is decent at best, the vocals are pulled off nicely, but that’s as far as the praise goes. The lyrics are laughable and slightly embarrassing. Whether it’s intentionally supposed to be funny like
Crotchduster or
Blackthrone, I don’t know. Witness the eloquence displayed on the track
'Baptise This World In Blood':
“Now is the time to maim/ Time to butcher bitches”. This almost seems more appropriate on a hardcore gangster rap record. In case the band hadn’t already alienated the female audience by the album’s halfway mark, the concept of “butchering bitches” is brought up, yet again, in the appropriately titled
'Butcher of Bitches'.
“Crazy and insane/Bitch die in pain /I’m a perverse man /I am the Butcher Of Bitches.” At times, the lyrics border on
Cannibal Corpse style theatrics but never get that close, like on track 11,
'Storm of Iron':
"Coming to get you /With the chainsaw /Bowels churning /Intestines burning.” Mmm…cozy.
Then, there are the covers. For those of you lucky enough to seek out the digi-pack edition, you will be treated with seven covers. The bands covered are
Genesis,
Rammstein,
The Beatles,
Judas Priest,
Manowar,
Rolling Stones, and
Six Feet Under of course. The promo cd I received only had the first three covers, and the only decent one was the
Rammstein cover. There’s something about death metal growls over
Genesis and
Beatles tracks that rub me the wrong way. The fact that they chose a song from the pop era of
Genesis rather than from their classic prog era makes it even that more unbearable. The music is spot on with the covers, but as soon as the vocals come in, all bets are off.
Does the world need a
Six Feet Under clone band? I don’t think so. This is an album you can skip purchasing.
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