ARTIST: OUTRAGE
TITLE: "We the Dead"
GENRE: Old School Black/Thrash Metal
RELEASE DATE: April 25th, 2014
LABEL: Metal On Metal Records
CATALOG ID: MOMR14046
BARCODE: 8022167090467
FORMAT: CD in jewel case • 12 tracks (approx. 48 min.) • 12 pages stapled booklet with lyrics, liner notes, band photos and info • Black and white + metallic silver
TRACK LISTING:
1. 11:59 - Eye for an Eye (03:24)
2. Kill Snow White (03:58)
3. The Biggest Wrench (03:24)
4. Be That as It May (03:18)
5. The Elemental War (05:24)
6. Death from Behind (04:14)
7. The Iron Door (03:41)
8. Sepia Eyes / Birth to the Flame (06:47)
9. Chastiser (04:05)
10. Spherical (03:14)
11. Delos (03:49)
12. We the Dead (02:13)
Total playing time: 47:38
YOUTUBE:
• "We the Dead" album promo clip
• "We the Dead" music video
• "Death from Behind" static promo clip
• "Be That as It May" static promo clip
OVERVIEW:
German blackened thrash metal merchants OUTRAGE were there when the first wave of black metal was born. Having contributed to it with their 4 demos, they split to return in 2004. "We the Dead" is their 7th full-length offering and a really rare case, as it's not common that new songs not only reach the level but surpass the stuff written by bands in the '80s. While in their early days they could easily be compared to bands like SODOM, HELLHAMMER, CELTIC FROST or VENOM, now the similarities are less obvious, as their style developed becoming more and more personal, mostly because of the guitar tone and vocals. It's still raw and primeval, and there's a sense of urgency in their music the but it's not always uptempo; some songs are almost doomy. The atmosphere has some underlying Middle Eastern feel to it... it's like the hot and spine-chilling breath of some ancient Evil on your neck... Frank "The Voice of Hell" has this malignancy in his raspy and brute vocals that almost smells of sulfur. Enter the filthy cave of this beast, if you dare.
SELLING POINTS:
• One of the oldest bands playing black/thrash style, belonged to the first wave of black metal in Germany.
• The album contains brand new songs and 3 re-recorded tracks from the early/mid '80s.
• For fans of: Hellhammer, early Celtic Frost, early Sodom, Venom, Warhammer, Apocalyptic Raids, Bulldozer, Flames, Trench Hell...
Cover art by Jowita Kaminska-Peruzzi (www.jowita-kaminska.art).
