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Artist......: Animalize
Album.......: Meat We're Made of
Year........: 2022
Genre.......: Heavy Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Dying Victims Productions
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (24bit)
Quality.....: 1605kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 9 tracks
Playtime....: 00:35:26
Size........: 411.5 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-19
S.Date......: 2022-06-30
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/gg6177iq2xhsa
01. Samouraï de l'univers 4:25
02. Back From the Sematary 3:38
03. If However You Can Last 1:02
04. Eternal Second 3:12
05. Pigs From Outer Space 4:29
06. Escorte funèbre 6:07
07. Saturday Night Witchcraft 4:10
08. The Witch You Are 3:55
09. Esprit de l'asile 4:30
The roots of France's ANIMALIZE go back to 2014, when
the moniker was first chosen, but their lineup didn't
solidify until 2018. From the beginning, the
power-trio's influences were set: heavy metal from the
'70s and '80s, but specifically the likes of Loudness,
W.A.S.P., Tokyo Blade, Glenn Tipton, Ritchie Blackmore,
Glenn Hughes, and Annihilator and especially classic
French heavy metal like ADX, Malediction, Sortilège and
Warning. Synthwave and New Wave, both old and new, also
musically influence ANIMALIZE.
However, it is the band's love of movies which arguably
influences ANIMALIZE's outlook the most. For them, a
visual identity and atmosphere - whether in their visual
aesthetic, be it artwork or onstage, or especially their
upcoming videos - is of the utmost importance. Film also
feeds their lyrics, quite often. The band states that
such movies as Evil Dead, Mad Max, Pet Sematary, Masters
of the Universe, and Terminator are among their most
beloved.
Armed with these noble touchstones, ANIMALIZE released
their debut EP, Tapes from the Crypt, in 2020. A swift
and solid 20 minutes, the EP displayed massive promise
from ANIMALIZE, which they've handily surpassed with
their full-length debut, Meat We're Made Of. Graced
again with an unforgettable cover, Meat We're Made Of is
a breathless and breathtaking statement. Its sound races
all over the place, from cruising speed to tricky
detours to headbanging mid-tempos, with an organized
sort of mayhem, as explosive solos and dramatic vocal
layering turn these nine beguiling songs into impossible
anthems. That sound is undeniably HEAVY METAL, but
ANIMALIZE manage to synthesize speed metal with
power-thrash and traditional metal into a
dizzying-yet-addicting blend that jumps across countries
and even continents with insane ease. It's both
futuristic and firmly rooted in the past, and the
album's sterling production sharpens it to a katana.
Maybe most amazingly, this dazzling interplay comes from
a power-trio, but ANIMALIZE will become a quartet for
upcoming live shows. Likewise, Meat We're Made Of had,
in fact, been finished for some time, but the band have
prepared two music videos for its release which tell a
story - eight actors in addition to the band, with tons
of action and FX. Altogether, a suitably grand entrance
for what will be one of metal's most literally explosive
debuts this year!