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DEATH STRIKE FUCKIN' DEATH RECORD ISSUE 1991 NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS VG
SIDE A 1. The Truth  2. Mangled Dehumanization 3. Pay to Die  4. Re-entry and Destruction
Side B 1. The Final Countdown 2. Man Killed America/Embryonic Misc 3. Pervert
ULIKE OTHER ALBUMS THAT EXIST ON EBAY, SONGS 3 & 4 ARE UPSIDE DOWN.
MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY GEMA P& C 1991 NB044 LP 08-29891

Fuckin’ Death isn’t pure death metal as we understand it today.  You could think of Venom, Hellhammer and Discharge to depict the album to yourself:  thrashing, almost punky and hardcore old school metal in a charming eighties production.  The four songs of the original tape are the true highlights of the whole:  muddy guitars executing that simple yet sweet power chord hell with occasional screeching solos,  Speckmann’s harsh (and very harsh were they for that time) vocals really upfront in the mix,  and drums steadily battering those primitive blasts.
”The Final Conflict” begins the second part of the album, or more like a compilation,  presenting the material from 1991, starting with acoustic guitars, soon after bursting  into menacing death / thrash metal riffage with a fuller and bassier sound behind.  This material isn’t as crushing as the first, yet presents some very solid old school metal.  As a bonus on the recent Dark Descent re-release, there’s another slew of four tracks added to the end,  really scruffy sounding live rehearsal tracks that will mostly serve the most hardcore fans of the band.  I must admit, though, that the extremely raw sound only strengthens the band’s dark aura here.
Fuckin’ Death isn’t the most memorable collection of songs from those years,  but definitely worth of the attention of anyone into the first days of death metal or,  in this case, proto death metal. There’s simply no reason to keep Death Strike hidden anywhere  as it’s a convincing piece of metal history, even if not the most essential of all.  No need for doubts (or some damn MP3 samples), old school metal listeners can make a blind buy in this particular case.
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