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Il 1986 è riconosciuto universalmente come l'anno d'oro del Thrash Metal, che ha toccato il massimo apice grazie a disconi come "Master Of Puppets", "Reign In Blood", "Among The Living", "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" e "Game Over", che hanno portato la scena Thrash a stelle e strisce una spanna sopra alle altre.
Proprio questo florido periodo però è riuscito a diffondersi attraversando l'oceano e arrivando nella nostra cara e vecchia Europa, soprattutto in Germania, dove questo genere stava fiorendo, arrivando a buonissimi risultati grazie a molti gruppi. Tra questi cito i Kreator, band guidata dal carismatico chitarrista-cantante Mille Petrozza, seguito da Jurgen "Ventor" Reil alla batteria a da Rob Fioretti al basso, che proprio nel 1986 hanno dato alla luce il loro secondo full-lenght, cioè "Pleasure To Kill", considerato da molti il vero capolavoro della band.
Siamo davanti a un disco dalla violenza inaudita che è riuscito, in termini di vendite, a fare concorrenza ai lavori citati qui sopra, che sicuramente hanno avuto in un tempo futuro maggiore successo.
Come in molti Thrash albums si parte con calma con l'intro "Choir Of The Damned", che con il suo arpeggio di chitarra sembra invitarci alla calma... niente di più sbagliato: come un fulmine "Ripping Corpse" si impone imperiosa come una badilata in faccia, e ci fa vedere di che pasta sia fatto l'album che proseguendo ci regala delle perle quali sono "Death is Your Saviour", la Title track, la grandissima "Riot of violence",le irrefrenabili "Command Of The Blade" e "Under The Guillottine", per non parlare di "Flag Of Hate" e "Awakening The Gods", presenti nell'ultima ristampa.
Penso che questo sia uno dei migliori davori del trio (diventato tale dopo la morte del secondo chitarrista Michel Wulf, che troverete però nelle foto dell'album), impreziosito anche dalla produzione grezza tipica di quegli anni che conferisce un'ulteriore brutalità all' album.
Sicuramente se siete alla ricerca di un lavoro ipertecnico vi consiglio di stare alla larga, difatti che i tre al tempo non sapessero suonare è una cosa poco ma sicura, come potrete sentire infatti non capita di rado di sentire errori da parte dei ragazzi, assoli che sembrano fatti a caso e un Ventor ancora alle prime armi che si crea la poco onorevole fama di essere uno dei peggiori batteristi delle scena dell'epoca, ma che si salva grazie alle prestazioni vocali in "Riot Of Violence", "Death Is Your Saviour" e "Command Of The Blade".
Sicuramente un lavoro che piacerà poco a coloro che preferiscono un metal con ritmi meno sostenuti, ma però che sicuramente risulterà gradevole ad ogni amante del Thrash vecchia maniera.
Da ascoltare tutto d'un fiato.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Ripping Corpse (03:35)
He came from the east with weapons full of blood from newborn children
Now he's here in your town to kill you, die at once
Until today you've lived your live without any sorrow
At home you've got your child and wife, but what will come tomorrow
Await the death by the blade
Run before it's too late
Await the axe in your back
As the Ripping Corpse attack
You begin to sweat, you begin to cry
As you watch this scene
At first you see your children die
You wish it was a dream
He eats the heart of your wife
And rips her cunt inside
You know now it's your turn
The others have already died
Await the death by the blade
Run before it's too late
Await the axe in your back
As the Ripping Corpse attack
Now he's close to you
His eyes are cold and cruel
Fear is in your heart
His might will rip you apart
Eternal terror, eternal horror
Eternal wickedness, eternal death
Life taking bloodrain neverending death-pain
No one will care when you die
04 Pleasure to Kill (04:09)
Day turns to night as I rise from my grave
Black was the hole were I laid
Stalking the city to seek out your blood
I love when it showers from my blade
Your body is so pretty but how will it look
When my perverted lust is stilled
No one to save you no parents or friends
Because they've already got killed
My only aim is to take many lives
The more the better I feel
My only pleasure is to hear many cries from those tortured
by my steel
The colour of your blood from your open body
Is all I wanted to see
Tasting the blood from your lips as you die means
satisfaction to me
Pleasure to kill
Hear my heartbeat as you see me upon you
Tears in your eyes I do not care
Listen now to the motor of my chainsaw
Open your eyes don't be scared
Look into my eyes do you see any love?
The only thing is agony
Now I can't wait to give you the good pain
Die now and be free
Now that my mission is done
Your body forgotten has been killed
I return to the cemetery
And my bloodlust is stilled
My coffin is open for me
I lay down and rest
Nothing will set me free
And so I kill until excess
05 Riot of Violence (04:53)
Greedy for blood
Paralysed by power
The decision to die
Tales of terror
Deep in the corner
Passion to kill
Corpse on the ground
Minds starts to chill
A man lies in the corner, covered with blood
Bloody wounds on his body, praying to his god
People pass him by, but they say
Why should we care about him? he will die today
Riot of violence
Find your own way
You must go alone
Kill all next to you
They want the throne
The infectious disease
Is the only life
You're scared to death
Die by their knife
A man lies in the corner, covered with blood
Bloody wounds on his body, praying to his god
People pass him by, but they say
Why should we care about him? he will die today
Brutality and mighty wars, warriors start to fight
With bombs and guns, the troops have come to extinguish the light
I'd rather not go wild tonight, but I must save myself
On a field littered with corpses
Stands a lonely flower
It reminds the world how it was
But we kicked it away with power
07 Carrion (04:47)
Lights are flashing down the alleys
The reaper has arrived
The medieval brutality is still alive
The death machines of one
Hundred countries are ready to strike
No remorse no mercy only hate is in their eyes
Satan and his legions will be their guides
He'll make the world a slave to his hellish might
Reaching out for your life
The world is prepared to die
Death will fall from the sky
And the reaper will arrive
Open your eyes if you can
And see everything burn
Zombies will come out
Of their graves to
See the corpses turn
The world is at an end
And there is no return
Don't try to run or escape the final death
Death is a part of your life you should be glad
Black rain is falling down
And the moon is turning red
Hear the sound of bombs as they fall
Don't cry you'll die so crawl
Fear the next day if you survive
'Cause there ain't no place for new life
No escape nothing there no way
Out to save your life
The strong and weak all will
Fall prepare yourself to die
Screams of despair screams of pain
You hear it everywhere
Wait for god if there is one
But even he doesn't care
Reaching out for your life
The world is prepared to die
Death will fall from the sky
And the reaper will arrive
08 Command of the Blade (03:56)
Mist is fallin as he rides over the land
With his blade of steel
He is comin to take you
He has seen the battles of the damned
He lost an won
He is coming to break your
Flesh and bones
Scared to scream, scared to cry
Await your fate, no one will save you
You're damned to die
Warrior of the king, mission to kill
Death to all
His aim is to give you
Command of the blade
When you fall his mission is complete
He's gonna get you
Command of the blade!
His care is black, his eyes are glowin red
He's seeking for you, he wants to rape you
His lifeless body has decayed long ago
His skeleton's riding
Comin to break your
Neck and back
Scared to scream, too late to cry
Your fate is here, you hear is steps
Now you die!
Warrior of the king, mission to kill
Death to all
His aim is to give you
Command of the blade
He will laugh as you fall
His aim is to give you
Death!
When you die by his blade
Your corpse 'll lie here to decay
No one will miss your dumb face
No one be left there to pray
The kreator rides back to his kingdom
To receive another command
Soon he will be back here
To conquer and rule over the land!
Command of the blade
09 Under the Guillotine (04:35)
Night is over
Now it's dawn
Your final day
Has begun
Hear the steps
On the floor
Hear the sounds
Of the opened door
Too proud to scream
Too proud to beg for mercy
You will die by the executioner's hand
Under the guillotine!
Tears are running
Down your cheeks
As you see
The axe of death
You were a prisoner
Didn't care about rules
Now it's time
To pay for the fools
Too proud to scream
Too proud to beg for mercy
You will die by the executioner's hand
Under the guillotine!
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