100.000 Tonnen Kruppstahl, “Kill your kids and die“. This album features 14 songs with such beautiful names as “Menschenfriedhof“, “Widernatürlicher Unmensch“, “Asileichen“ or even “Lebenshaltungskotzen“.
Deterred?
If yes, then go to disney.com and settle into your candy world.
If no, then read on.
100.000 Tonnen Kruppstahl is a duo from Berlin that has focused on brutal grindcore. Not necessarily technically brilliant, but with all the more energy and a lot of anger in their bellies. The two guys go so crazy on the songs that I'm already wondering if they're both now in a closed institution or still allowed to roam free.
When listening, no so-called normal person would think that this is music by two normal people. But first, who is normal, and second, is grindcore music that is normal?
With “Kill your kids and die“, the Berliners' first longplayer is released, which comes out exclusively on vinyl and thus best serves the fans of this music. Because the sound on vinyl is simply better, more differentiated.
Now, grindcore isn't necessarily my world, but I have to say that I also enjoy listening to it sometimes. It clears the head. Grindcore is musical China Oil.
What 100.000 Tonnen Kruppstahl does here even reminds partly of '80ties hardcore and nasty trash-sound. It's a thunderstorm dominated by pounding drums and aggressive guitar. In between, the vocals from Herrn Bommel and A. Donnermann hiss, roar, and growl through the speakers. The sound is rough, raw, brutal, hits you right in the head, and actually impresses with its uncompromising directness in every song.
The band name and song titles are provocatively styled and play with the cliché that builds up with strange band names and funny song titles. This strongly resembles punk, especially Deutschpunk, where it's similar, but usually not as consistent. At least in Deutschpunk, I haven't seen an album title that calls for killing your children.
Fans of the harder stuff should definitely give 100.000 Tonnen Kruppstahl a try.
Grindcore, rough and unpolished, just as it should be.
And those who endure will even be treated to a proper beautiful doom-song with “Schwarze Borsten“. To calm down and relax after 13 songs of going crazy.
