Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
Posted on July 23, 2008 at 8:00 am by admin
I took a short look into Tim Lambesis, and the guy is certainly talented. He’s a multi-instrumentalist, has his own studio, produces, and runs his own record label, as well as doing As I Lay Dying, and now he has this side project known as Austrian Death Machine, completely focused on Arnold Schwarzenegger. The comedic subject matter about a movie star who’s majority of big hits occurred in the 80’s is appropriately fitting, as the album is based heavily around that world of 80’s crossover thrash that we’ve become so familiar with today from Municipal Waste and Suicidal Tendencies.
Along with the crossover musical theme is the modern thrash that As I Lay Dying displayed on “An Ocean Between us”, and some hints of what I considered their worst point, which were the standard melodic lines from “Shadows are Security”, and the rare, but still there single-note metalcore breakdowns. Of course, in this day and age, crossover, thrash, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore and As I Lay Dying clone bands are all have a high level of abundance. I have to wonder why the heck those single-note breakdowns are even needed, unless Tim is planning to bring this band out live.
Sure, “Total Brutal” has a couple of hooks, quite a few laughs, and is about as well done as steak in skill, production, and song structure, but the end result tends to get lost in what other bands are currently either doing in some way, or have already done. Of course if you can’t get enough As I Lay Dying…
Released July 22nd, 2008
Austrian Death Machine at MySpace
Metal Blade Records at MySpace
Buy this album at Amazon.com and Amazon.ca
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