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░█▒█ Artist ■ Deztroyer █▒█░
░ █▒█ Album ■ Climate Change █▒█ ░
░█░█ Year ■ 2000 █░█░
█░█ Release Date ■ 2013-08-06 █░█
█░█ Genre ■ Thrash Metal █░█
█ █ Label ■ DezRec █ █
█░█ Source ■ CDR █░█
█ █ Type ■ Reissue █ █
█░█ Quality ■ VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █░█
█ █ █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Deztroyer was another of those promising German thrash acts █ █
█ █ who were made distinct largely due to the vocalist, and █ █
█ █ Climate Change was for the most part a professional, █ █
█ █ competent piece that might have stirred up a lot more █ █
█ █ trouble had it landed on a larger record label. █ █
█ █ Stylistically, the Hesse band were not a far cry from their █ █
█ █ better known peers Destruction, Sodom and Kreator, with a █ █
█ █ trace of explosive Bay Area energy circa Vio-lence and █ █
█ █ Exodus, but the songs here are jam packed with decent riffs █ █
█ █ that strangely function alongside the uncanny presence of █ █
█ █ Pete Kulp, a man whose intonation sounds like a theatrical █ █
█ █ thrashing bullfrog that sporadically feels the need to █ █
█ █ break into off kilter, melodic excess. █ █
█ █ Nowhere is this more evident than the title track which █ █
█ █ opens this debut, a siege of Mike Sifringer/Frank Blackfire █ █
█ █ styled guitars in which Kulp soars with cautionary power, █ █
█ █ almost as if he were some lower register Warrel Dane. It's █ █
█ █ both hilarious and effective, and instantly marks Deztroyer █ █
█ █ apart from the majority of the thrash wave at the end of █ █
█ █ the 90s. Mileage may vary, because he feels as if he's █ █
█ █ always just about to shake out of key, or rather the vocals █ █
█ █ seem like they are about to escape the music, but █ █
█ █ throughout most of the 11 tracks (14 if you've got the CD-R █ █
█ █ re-issue) he sticks to his more aggressive, constipated █ █
█ █ tone, and pieces like "Ain't No Cure", "Intolerate", "Can't █ █
█ █ Complain", "(W.R.A.) Torture" and the thundering "We Fight" █ █
█ █ are among the fastest and most ruthless of German █ █
█ █ speed/thrash available in this period, each stuffed wall to █ █
█ █ wall with derivative but functional guitars. A few of the █ █
█ █ bonus tracks from the band's self-released CD-R ("Heaven's █ █
█ █ Gate", "Outwit the Maze") are also pretty good, culled from █ █
█ █ re-recordings of earlier demos, and the only deviation from █ █
█ █ straight up aggression is "Souvenirs", a clowny folk/metal █ █
█ █ piece which is thankfully brief. █ █
█ █ Kulp is eccentric sounding enough that his presence might █ █
█ █ have somewhat hindered the band's success, but I like to █ █
█ █ think of him in a similar light to Udo Dirkschneider, who █ █
█ █ also had a pretty unusual style (though not without the █ █
█ █ AC/DC precedent). However, outside of the overbearing █ █
█ █ shadow he casts on the music, the songs also seem short on █ █
█ █ truly memorable riffs and chorus parts. Uwe Becker was a █ █
█ █ skilled guitarist, and the rhythm section very tight, █ █
█ █ launching volatile volleys at light speeds comparable to █ █
█ █ the bigger German bands, but unlike a Mike Sifringer, there █ █
█ █ are no particular riffs you just want to grasp and adulate. █ █
█ █ Climate Change inevitably ends up as one of those albums █ █
█ █ that perfectly fits its era, and is more than fluent as an █ █
█ █ example of the style, but does not resonate through the █ █
█ █ decades like its betters. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ --- █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ I can not stand the vocals on "Climate Change". Now that █ █
█ █ I've gotten that off my mind, let me elaborate. █ █
█ █ The first thing I notice about this album is the █ █
█ █ production, which reminds me a lot of that heard on █ █
█ █ Defender's "A Symbol Of Devotion" or Messina's █ █
█ █ "Terrortory". All three come with a rather flat but still █ █
█ █ powerful drumming sound, and with heavy, grinding guitars. █ █
█ █ In fact, the music is similar to both of those albums as █ █
█ █ well, mostly in the speedy guitar riffs and aggressive █ █
█ █ drumming. Nearly every song on "Climate Change" exhibits █ █
█ █ some kind of catchy or innovative riff, and any 'typical' █ █
█ █ moment is made better with the attack of the band. █ █
█ █ Songs such as "Can't Complain" are especially bludgeoning █ █
█ █ with the unrelenting music and furious guitar playing, and █ █
█ █ "WRA Torture" features interesting acoustic work. What sets █ █
█ █ the music apart from other albums is the fast-picking riffs █ █
█ █ which sometimes sound like what we've all heard before, but █ █
█ █ are often so relentlessly paced it sounds new and more █ █
█ █ aggressive. █ █
█ █ "Souvenirs" is a rather pointless piece, though, as it is a █ █
█ █ short song with an often-repeated and very cheesy riff. █ █
█ █ Hardly thrash at all, it sounds more like the theme from a █ █
█ █ cartoon program or TV commercial. █ █
█ █ The bonus tracks on the CDr reissue appear to be demo █ █
█ █ tracks, and are pretty much in the same format as the best █ █
█ █ parts of the actual LP, save for the vocals which are █ █
█ █ slightly more tolerable. Speaking of the vocals, why are █ █
█ █ they so unbearable? Well if your ears don't give you enough █ █
█ █ of a clue, i'll tell you- Pete at times has a voice which █ █
█ █ does in fact sound fairly melodic and well-trained. This, █ █
█ █ however, doesn't mean his voice sounds good against the █ █
█ █ frantic thrash backdrop coming from the rest of the band. █ █
█ █ The vocals could honestly be those from another band and █ █
█ █ album entirely, but were mistakingly dubbed over █ █
█ █ Deztroyer's amazing music. While sometimes the █ █
█ █ weird-sounding melodic singing sounds decent, it is usually █ █
█ █ just too out of place. Even worse though are the parts █ █
█ █ where Pete tries to be dramatic and attempt a scream or █ █
█ █ just a more savage tone. Simply put, he can't do it at all- █ █
█ █ the wailing caterwaul that ruins almost every song sounds █ █
█ █ so ridiculous you can't help but laugh at how out of place █ █
█ █ it is. Assuming he is the singer from this band and not █ █
█ █ some other, my guess would be a lack of practice, as there █ █
█ █ are times when he drags out one of the aforementioned wails █ █
█ █ and it sounds like he forgot how long it might have to █ █
█ █ last. █ █
█ █ From what I've gathered, only 100 or so copies of the █ █
█ █ original LP (a test-pressing?) exist, and the very █ █
█ █ professional-looking CDr reissue may be of the same █ █
█ █ vintage. Still, there is a site on the Deztroyer page which █ █
█ █ links you to a site where the guitarist, Uwe, sells the █ █
█ █ great-looking CDr version, complete with full-color █ █
█ █ booklet, lyrics, and photos (hand-numbered too). In █ █
█ █ conclusion, I would recommend buying this album due to the █ █
█ █ amazing and sadly overlooked music, but just brace yourself █ █
█ █ for a tongue-in-cheek experience when the vocalist steps up █ █
█ █ to the mic. █ █
█ █ █ █
█░█ █░█
█ █ 1. Climate Change 3:46 █ █
█ █ 2. Ain't No Cure 3:09 █ █
█ █ 3. Intolerate 4:08 █ █
█ █ 4. Solitude 5:02 █ █
█ █ 5. T.E.O.A.R. 3:46 █ █
█ █ 6. Can't Complain 3:49 █ █
█ █ 7. I'm Watchin' 4:12 █ █
█ █ 8. We Fight 4:13 █ █
█ █ 9. (W.R.A.) Torture 3:52 █ █
█ █ 10. Warchild 2:34 █ █
█ █ 11. Souvenirs 1:59 █ █
█ █ 12. Heaven's Gate (Bonus Track) 3:11 █ █
█ █ 13. Outwit the Maze (Bonus Track) 3:30 █ █
█ █ 14. I Hate War (Bonus Track) 4:24 █ █
█ █ 51:35 █ █
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