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Bizarre German "metalsploitation" albums from the 80s

Started by willbo, June 22, 2021, 09:31:21 PM

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willbo

I've been reading about this notorious German record company called Metal Enterprises, who in the 80s used to get sessions musicians together to knock out rushed metal albums under the guise of fake bands, often using names of previously disbanded "real" bands. Sometimes the musicians involved didn't really understand  what metal was or did their own thing, resulting in some curious "primitive art" metal records.

the jazzy staccato riffs of "Killer Fox" - https://youtu.be/R6SvDWfLkJ8?list=PLcWJgLxpkiu0EWUe2e6viSFfIeI9R524V

the wild screaming performance art female vocals of "Thrash Queen" https://youtu.be/gZyIirBWBC4?list=PLcWJgLxpkiu0EWUe2e6viSFfIeI9R524V&t=101

the "Dire Straits on speed and acid" virtuoso whistling of "Kalaschnikov" https://youtu.be/F-pbBjYkzI4?t=37


Greg Torso

These are amazing! Sounds like the kind of weirdness you'd get on Bulb or Vermiform records in the late 90s (strong Mens Recovery Project vibes on Killer Fox).

purlieu

I love the way that Kalaschnikov record seems to have two ethno-ambient + wailing vocals tracks between the muddily produced metal songs.

willbo

Quote from: purlieu on June 23, 2021, 10:45:18 PM
I love the way that Kalaschnikov record seems to have two ethno-ambient + wailing vocals tracks between the muddily produced metal songs.

the ethno ambient one sounds a bit like Black Sabbath's classic chill-out track "Planet Caravan"...they probably heard the Paranoid album and thought every metal album needed such a track

willbo

It's just occured to me that the whistle riff at the start of the Kalaschnikov album sounds a bit like Aerosmith's "love in an elevator" which would have been a big rock hit at the time that album was being made...