Tank Genocide - Deprivation
Tank Genocide is one of those bands that you find every now and then where ideology trumps musical ability. You discover them in scenes where politics are involved, usually in Punk/Hardcore or NSBM. Naturally, with a name like Tank Genocide, this is NSBM. Deprivation is actually one of the band’s tamer releases. Nothing about this screams “Nazi Black Metal,” unlike so many other bands in this genre. I was expecting swastikas and pictures of Hitler all over the place, but there isn’t any recognizable Nazi iconography anywhere. And now for the music… It’s raw, one-riff NSBM from the beginning to the end. The only variation in style or content on Deprivation comes from cover songs. Even those (there are three, literally half of the demo) seem to be chosen for their minimalistic style. Naturally, there is a Burzum cover (“Dunkelheit”). NSBM bands love Burzum, and most so blatantly ape the style that Varg should be getting a royalty check. Personally, I think Varg should start asking for them. That way, he can stop pumping out sub-par albums and pay off that massive debt he owes the Norwegian government for burning down those churches. But I digress… The other two cover songs, “Eternal Life” by Mayhem and “Jesus Christ Sodomized” by Marduk are passable, but the Burzum cover is arguably the best thing on this demo. The other tracks are raw, minimalistic and repetitive. Deprivation makes Von sound like Stratovarius in terms of songwriting and sound. The one thing that saves this demo from being absolute crap is the atmosphere. The rawness and bass-heavy distorted guitar gives this an old-school sound and for reasons unknown, it makes the songs sound fucking evil. I think the guitar tone has a lot to do with it. I just wish the writing and the playing were better. Tank Genocide has two major negatives: the lack of playing ability and a focus on quantity over quality. I checked metal-archives.com and there are a fucking ton of releases by this band out there (21 from 2012 and already 15 this year - mostly demo recordings and split EPs). I know that some of them are just re-recordings of older tracks, but still, that’s a lot of material. Considering how primitive this demo sounds, the other stuff must not be too much different. I would like to hear some more refined music from this band. Beating one riff into the floor is fine on your first demo. Beating one riff into the floor on your thirty-sixth release is not.
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