Think these guys are from Switzerland, and am shocked to see the cover depicting a dead woman lying on her bed, rather than the usual horror-fuelled dramatics of sketchwork. I believe she died after hearing the high-pitched vocal delivery, but somehow, despite the Rob Halford (Judas Priest) foghorn, this album manages to rock, serving up anthems a plenty in its obscurity. Sure, the band look stupid but let's face it, only thrash bands ever really looked cool in metal, every other genre succumbed to the dated look. Despite only clocking it at thirty-minutes, 'Ladykiller' offers a few surprises, mainly the epic, soaring 'Crystal Butterfly' which sounds almost too classy for the album, but you're soon brought down to Earth with the shrill, yet buzzing high octane energy of the title cut, and that's what makes Killer so accessible, the energy of the band, you can just see them now, grabbing their crotch, flailing their hair and probably blowing up afterwards, all in the name of metal.
6/10
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