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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.jul-22-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1992 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........22 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.sgt-d.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : S.O.D. Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Speak English Or Die Label : Victor ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Stormtroopers Of Death are a sort of super group ║ │
│║ with members from legendary bands such as ║ │
│║ Anthrax that just wanted to have some fun and ║ │
│║ created a short and entertaining record around a ║ │
│║ strange character called Sergeant D. who hates ║ │
│║ pretty much everything. Just take a look on the ║ │
│║ hilarious cover artwork by guitarist Scott Ian. ║ │
│║ The record has the vibe of a party album with ║ │
│║ many hilarious lyrics such as in the engaging ║ │
│║ title track "Speak English Or Die" that portrays ║ │
│║ a special view on immigration coming from a ║ │
│║ closed minded racist, in the amusingly chaotic ║ │
│║ interlude "What's That Noise" or in "Pre- ║ │
│║ Menstrual Princess Blues" which is a parody of a ║ │
│║ young female teen in her starting puberty. Just ║ │
│║ the titles of the tracks are quite amusing when ║ │
│║ we take a look on "Pussy Whipped", "Fuck The ║ │
│║ Middle East" or an "extended" version of ║ │
│║ "Diamonds And Rust" that lasts for exactly four ║ │
│║ seconds. ║ │
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│║ So far, so good, so funny. I don't want to seem ║ │
│║ severe or boring and know that the project ║ │
│║ doesn't take itself very serious but there is ║ │
│║ nevertheless the musical side of this album. ║ │
│║ From that point of view, the record is a huge ║ │
│║ letdown. The vocals are horribly weak and ║ │
│║ exchangeable. The guitar riffs are one ║ │
│║ dimensional all the time. The best thing from a ║ │
│║ musical point of view is the solid and ║ │
│║ diversified bass play and the precise drumming. ║ │
│║ The song structures and lengths are all quite ║ │
│║ alike and the record only focuses on its nasty ║ │
│║ lyrics. Musically, we have a mixture of hardcore ║ │
│║ punk with some thrash and speed metal bits which ║ │
│║ may have been a rather original crossover fusion ║ │
│║ back in the time but after three tracks, ║ │
│║ everything sounds the same and the experiment ║ │
│║ isn't quite interesting to observe anymore as ║ │
│║ everything has already happened. The band is ║ │
│║ composed by excellent musicians that could have ║ │
│║ added a little bit more into the band's sound in ║ │
│║ my opinion. As it is, I know a lot of hardcore ║ │
│║ punk bands from the early eighties that have ║ │
│║ been there before as they sound quite similar ║ │
│║ and even better than this at some points and ║ │
│║ maybe this formation wanted to pay a tribute to ║ │
│║ them or introduce some metal fans to this genre. ║ │
│║ As we can see from the number of reviews and the ║ │
│║ recordÆs reputation, these guys have succeeded ║ │
│║ and were right to feel free to do whatever they ║ │
│║ wanted to on this piece of musical freedom that ║ │
│║ takes no prisoners. ║ │
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│║ As is it is right now, this record is a party ║ │
│║ album for punks and metal heads after a couple ║ │
│║ of beers and has a cult status for its nasty ║ │
│║ attitude, its straight simplicity and its weird ║ │
│║ lyrics. It's an album one should have listened ║ │
│║ to once in a lifetime but nothing you would like ║ │
│║ to listen to more than only once in a while when ║ │
│║ the moment has come to lose yourself in a ║ │
│║ pitiless mosh pit. That's what this courageous ║ │
│║ album was made for and it's definitely effective ║ │
│║ from that point of view and that's why it still ║ │
│║ merits a solid rating. As the whole thing gets ║ │
│║ though quite redundant in its short running ║ │
│║ time, this record won't get an excellent note ║ │
│║ from me, though and my final verdict seems ║ │
│║ rather neutral. In the end, I give you an ║ │
│║ advice: You're definitely better off to be in a ║ │
│║ hilarious mood, accompanied by some wild friends ║ │
│║ and you should also switch your brain off to ║ │
│║ fully enjoy this record. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - March of the S.O.D. [01:28] │
│ 02 - Sargent 'd' & the S.O.D. [02:24] │
│ 03 - Kill Yourself [02:11] │
│ 04 - Milano Mosh [01:32] │
│ 05 - Speak English or Die [02:25] │
│ 06 - United Forces [01:53] │
│ 07 - Chromatic Death [00:43] │
│ 08 - Pi Alpha Nu [01:10] │
│ 09 - Anti-Procrastination Song [00:07] │
│ 10 - What's that Noise [01:00] │
│ 11 - Freddy Krueger [02:33] │
│ 12 - Milk [01:54] │
│ 13 - Pre-Menstrual Princess Blues [01:20] │
│ 14 - Pussy Whipped [02:15] │
│ 15 - Fist Banging Mania [02:04] │
│ 16 - No Turning Back [00:53] │
│ 17 - Fuck the Middle East [00:27] │
│ 18 - Douche Crew [01:36] │
│ 19 - Hey Gordy! [00:08] │
│ 20 - The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix [00:06] │
│ 21 - Diamonds and Rust (Extended Version) [00:06] │
│ 22 - Ram it Up [01:22] │
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│ Total Length : [29:37 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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