Gwar Think You Outta Know This
| Ragnarök | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by Gwar | ||||
| Released | October 24, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, crossover thrash one-act rock, stupor rock | |||
| Length | 47:11 | |||
| Characterization | Metal Blade Records | |||
| Producer | Robert Margouleff | |||
| Gwar chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Ragnarök is the fifth anthology, released on October 24, 1995 on Metal Blade Records, by the rock/heavy metal/punk band Gwar. This album contains the nigh varied song stylings of whatsoever Gwar anthology, as the majority of the band lends their vocals to the rail list (merely Nosotros Kill Everything features as many different vocalists), as well every bit guest villain Central Syn.
Groundwork [edit]
Ragnarök is essentially a heavy metal album spiced with a story virtually the finish of the world. The story involves Oderus and his alien sister Slymenstra being forcibly mated with the aid of rogue infinite aliens. Meanwhile, a comet hurtling towards planet Earth is inciting the populace to revolt, and chaos has prepare in all over the earth. An AIDS-like plague has crippled the masses ("The New Plague" is sung, by Dave Brockie, equally a homo with AIDS), who look the falling star's arrival and their subsequent death. Nevertheless, information technology turns out that the comet is really Central Syn, a robotic agent of harsh Cosmic dogma. Syn is representing the Warrior Pope, who is demanding that all bow down to him and obey his insane whims. But Syn is drawn to Slymenstra's alien baby, for a reason that is left for the listener to uncover...
Content [edit]
Equally it could be supposed, the concept of the album is about the ridicule of Christianity (especially in the vocal, "Martyr Dumb"). The highlights of the anthology include "Muddied, Filthy" (a rousing comedy anthem), the title track (featuring the final appearance of Chuck Varga every bit Sexecutioner on a Gwar album), and "Meat Sandwich". Don Drakulich does a mock-rapping chip as Sleazy P. Martini on "Retrieve You Outta Know This" (a song about ripping people off. Information technology's Sleazy's last album advent), and there is an energetic duet between Brockie as Oderus and Danielle Stampe as Slymenstra in "Fire in the Loins". "Beat out, Impale, Destroy" features new bassist Casey Orr (having replaced Michael Bishop as Beefcake the Mighty) on lead vocals for the showtime fourth dimension (he would besides sing lead on Carnival of Chaos ii years later). The 1 song featuring a character exclusive to the storyline is "Surf of Syn" – though the vocals aren't the main emphasis of the song, Hunter Jackson as Cardinal Syn does a vocal style similar to death growling. This brings the total number of vocalists up to six – Brockie, Orr, Stampe, Drakulich, Varga and Jackson.
This anthology, equally well equally having a variety of vocal stylings, likewise features a musical side of Gwar not found in previous albums. Nowhere is this more apparent than in "Surf of Syn." This song is the biggest change in Gwar's musical style (from the usual punk and metallic to metal-fused surf) until 1997 (with "Sex activity Moo-cow" and "Don't Need a Man," both from Carnival of Chaos). The keyboard is used heavily on this anthology, likewise, courtesy of Dave Musel. In particular, "Meat Sandwich" features powerful sforzando notes (similar to Oderus' vocals in set on).
Ragnarök's songs are not performed in concert as oftentimes as songs from the other albums (specifically the albums Scumdogs of the Universe, America Must Be Destroyed, Violence Has Arrived and State of war Party). With Gwar'due south change in musical fashion towards heavy metal (equally opposed to punk-metal, or the surf-metal establish only on this album), and with the absenteeism of all just one of the album's vocalists (Anatomy), the number of usable songs from the album is limited (usually just to "Crush, Kill, Destroy" although "Meat Sandwich" was a staple in the 2006 Beyond Hell tour).
Videos [edit]
Like Gwar's other albums, Ragnarök spawned a video: "Rendezvous with Ragnarök." This featured a paranormal investigator (played past Bob Gorman, a member of Slave Pit Inc.) interviewing Techno Destructo, Beefcake the Mighty, Balsac the Jaws of Death, and Flattus Maximus. In between the interview segments, live footage from the 1995 Ragnarök N' Roll Tour (though the music is dubbed from the album, not the concerts) tells the story outlined by the interviews. This video features the most speaking Flattus Maximus has ever done. "Rendezvous with Ragnarök" features 3 music videos: "Saddam A Go-Go" (though from 1994's This Toilet Earth, the video featured footage from the Skulhedface bout, later the motion picture "Skulhedface" was released), "Meat Sandwich" and "Surf of Syn." The version of "Sonderkommando" is not the studio version found on "This Toilet Earth;" information technology features the Pledge of Allegiance sung to the music, also equally a line from "By-Tor and the Snowfall Dog" by Blitz. "Remember You Outta Know This" was never performed on the Ragnarök N' Ringlet Bout; Drakulich stopped touring subsequently Ragnarök was released. Information technology was taken from the 1996 Halloween Slaugh-Bout, though it used the anthology's music.
The "Surf of Syn" video was the offset video recorded for Ragnarök, and was done on a very express budget. "Meat Sandwich" was probably as well limited in resource, though there were no props or sets to be made. The band was well-nigh arrested for making the video, equally they walked around the capitol building in Richmond, Virginia, in full costume (with no permits, and quite exposed) and simulated someone (Oderus) being hit by a car (which belonged to Jizmak Da Gusha).
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Championship | Length |
|---|---|---|
| one. | "Meat Sandwich" | 3:29 |
| 2. | "The New Plague" | ii:52 |
| 3. | "Whargoul" | 5:37 |
| iv. | "RagNaRok" (Vocals by Sexecutioner) | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Muddy, Filthy" | 2:30 |
| 6. | "Stalin'southward Organs" | ii:19 |
| 7. | "Pocketknife in Yer Guts" | three:fifteen |
| 8. | "Remember You Outta Know This" (Vocals by Sleazy P. Martini) | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Martyr Dumb" | 3:57 |
| 10. | "Nudged" | 2:39 |
| 11. | "Burn down in the Loins" (Vocals past Oderus Urungus & Slymenstra Hymen) | three:58 |
| 12. | "Surf of Syn" (Vocals by Cardinal Syn) | iv:22 |
| 13. | "Shell, Kill, Destroy" (Vocals past Beefcake the Mighty) | ane:34 |
| 14. | "None But the Brave" | 3:50 |
Personnel [edit]
- Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) – Atomic number 82 vocals
- Pete Lee (Flattus Maximus) – Lead guitar, backing vocals
- Mike Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death) – Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Casey Orr (Anatomy the Mighty) – Bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Beat, Kill, Destroy"
- Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha) – Drums
- Dave Musel (Müsel) – Keyboards, samples
- Danielle Stampe (Slymenstra Hymen) – Pb vocals on "Fire in the Loins"
- Chuck Varga (Sexecutioner) – Pb vocals on "RagNaRok"
- Don Drakulich (Sleazy P. Martini) – Lead vocals on "Retrieve Y'all Outta Know This"
- Hunter Jackon (Fundamental Syn) – Lead vocals on "Surf of Syn" (Uncredited)
- Jenna Anderson – Backing vocals on "None But the Brave"
References [edit]
- ^ McCarthy, Kieran. Ragnarök at AllMusic. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k_(Gwar_album)
0 Response to "Gwar Think You Outta Know This"
Post a Comment