Some metal fans may become bemused upon hearing this industrialised soundtrack of an album, and then wonder why it’s actually on here, but this is one of those records that received a great deal of coverage in the metal press, as did much of the industrial genre which at times was far more fierce than what much of the metal genre had to offer.
Swamp Terrorists are pretty much an obscure and mysterious double act who sample a lot of metal riffs, slap them alongside a few break beats, and come up with a bastardisation of sound that resembles some kind of horror soundtrack complete with film samples, gruff vocals and thumping beats that would probably clear out any dance club but maybe not appeal to metal heads either. Unfortunately, metal as a genre took a while to broaden its horizons, only the late ‘80s and early ‘90s really waking up the alternative opinion within so many head bangers who had become so used to their music being straight down the line denim and leather.
This is strangely engaging stuff, the material on offer a mixture of eerie, avant-garde and techno thrash with some cracking horror movie outtakes adding to the whole mutated cauldron.
Swamp Terrorists are pretty much an obscure and mysterious double act who sample a lot of metal riffs, slap them alongside a few break beats, and come up with a bastardisation of sound that resembles some kind of horror soundtrack complete with film samples, gruff vocals and thumping beats that would probably clear out any dance club but maybe not appeal to metal heads either. Unfortunately, metal as a genre took a while to broaden its horizons, only the late ‘80s and early ‘90s really waking up the alternative opinion within so many head bangers who had become so used to their music being straight down the line denim and leather.
This is strangely engaging stuff, the material on offer a mixture of eerie, avant-garde and techno thrash with some cracking horror movie outtakes adding to the whole mutated cauldron.
8/10
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