Debauchery (Germany) - Kings of Carnage
This band’s last LP, Germany’s Next Death Metal, got some of the worst reviews I’ve ever seen. When I read reviews that bad, my morbid curiosity got the best of me and I had to check this out. Let me begin by saying that the production on this LP is really, really good. Sadly, that’s about all I can say about this that is positive. Debauchery is what happens when you try to mix Los Angeles Butt Rock with Death Metal. The music on Kings of Carnage sounds like a combination of AC/DC, Motley Crue, the worst W.A.S.P. LP (Helldorado, maybe?) and some generic as all fucking hell Death Metal band (the band most people compare this to is Six Feet Under). Imagine if Poison wrote an album with “I rape your mom with a chainsaw” lyrics and a Death Metal vocalist and you wouldn’t be too far off from what Debauchery sounds like. And the lyrics… This shit makes “Devil Pig” by Von sound like fucking Shakespeare. Don’t believe me? Here’s a snippet from the song “Let There Be Blood” for your reading pleasure:
“Let there be war
Let there be gore
Let there be guts
Let there be blood
Kill kill motherfucking hate
Kill kill motherfucking war
Kill kill motherfucking bloodshed
Kill kill nothing left to rot”
I wrote better lyrics than that when I was in middle school. The only thing that would save this LP from total mockery would be if this was sold as an obvious joke band. If Debauchery was known for having a Gwar-like stage show and over the top imagery, I could see how this would have some appeal, but sadly, this isn’t the case. I’ve heard people compare this band to Dethklok, but the main difference is that Dethklok is a fake band from a fucking cartoon parody of Death Metal (Metalocalypse) and Debauchery is a real band. Unless you’re a secret fan of Ratt and Bon Jovi, I doubt that this will appeal to you. Some things are better off not being incorporated into the Metal sound and Butt Rock is one of them. This LP is proof of that.
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