«M-16: fucile d’assalto di grande affidabilità appartenente alla famiglia delle armi leggere, capace di perforare diversi veicoli blindati. Introdotto dall’esercito U.S.A. durante la guerra del Vietnam, possiede un’ergonomia quasi perfetta: il trasporto in battaglia è facilitato grazie ad un buon bilanciamento e ad una discreta leggerezza. Estremamente preciso consente ingaggi su distanze ben superiori ai 300 metri richiesti.»
Con questa premessa non voglio assolutamente invogliarvi a comprare questo “signor fucile” (già ci bastano i vari kamikaze!), ma voglio solo farvi capire su che basi belliche prende vita questo mostruoso disco.
M-16 si basa sulle astrazioni della guerra del Vietnam, risultando come una mistura tra sonorità thrash e vocalizzi death!
Ultimo tra le uscite discografiche (fra poco torneranno a registrare, se non l’hanno già fatto) questo disco si presenta come un vero massacro sonoro, pronto a indurre chicchessia verso un folle headbanging.
L’album viene pubblicato nel 2001 dalla consueta casa discografica Steamhammer e segna il ritorno del tank tedesco ai livelli ottimali di “Agent Orange”.
Non è un capolavoro come il disco appena citato (lí eravamo nel ’89), ma è senz’altro un grande disco che spacca a dovere! Non conosce pause e va via veloce come un f-12 e potente come una corazzata! Con “m-16” si viaggia sempre a tavoletta e non si smette più di dimenare il cranio!
Il trio, guidato dalla figura portante Tom Angelripper, sa come si realizza il vero thrash metal, capace di far ribollire le vene a qualsiasi individuo. Non trascurano niente, a partire dai testi che per un ascoltatore superficiale potrebbero sembrare guerrafondai . E questo è assolutamente sbagliato. I Sodom cercano di esprimere un messaggio opposto a quello della guerra, anche se affrontano le tematiche odierne con molto sarcasmo e rudezza.
Le spietate sonorità colmano tutto il disco, visto come un crocevia tra death e thrash. Tra i frammenti di empietà che invadono l’album segnalo “Among The Weirdcong”, “I Am The War” meramente devastante, e “Napalm In The Morning”.
Da sganasciarsi dalle risate la cover “Surfin Bird”, che molti di voi sicuramente ricorderanno in un famoso spot che girava in tv qualche anno fa, pubblicizzando uno scooter (se scrivo la marca mi picchiano).
Un bel ritorno del thrash metal insomma, che spazza un po’ via la cacca che oggigiorno invade il mercato metal.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Among the Weirdcong (05:07)
seems like dead men want to leave their graves point to anything they love to hate broken skulls reflection all around execution,blood beneath the walls aggressive jungle war breaking through the lines slaughter according to your evil rites your death will be methodic gonna lose my way among the weirdcong machine gun fire chain reaction shredded brains among the weirdcong antipathy to the gloating face dissection til your soul will leave again impact shock absorbs my energy bullets cutting through the rotten meat aggressive jungle war breaking through the lines slaughter according to your evil rites your death will be methodic gonna lose my way among the weirdcong machine gun fire chain reaction shredded brains among the weirdcong your death will be methodic gonna lose my way among the weirdcong machine gun fire chain reaction shredded brains among the weirdcong emotions died,extinguished deep inside impurity made blood turns into wine when i saw my friends impaled to death dishonoured and condemned their strength aggressive jungle war breaking through the lines slaughter according to your evil rites your death will be methodic gonna lose my way among the weirdcong machine gun fire chain reaction shredded brains among the weirdcong...
03 Napalm in the Morning (05:56)
decease is just an irony of fate
multiple rites i'm gonna lose my way
paraphilliac body control
to slay the phantom from my soul
...you're gonna die !
unholy evil prophets rise
fire is raining from the endless skies
can you hear the final thunder roaring
napalm in the morning
skin peeling off to drop your timid mask
you wish that death redeems you fast
creation of the fire seems the perfect nude
your carbonized torso just a part of you
...you're gonna die !
unholy evil prophets rise
fire is raining from the endless skies
can you hear the final thunder roaring
napalm in the morning
charlie close to me
smell of gasoline
physically abused
see the hollow face
that burned down and raped
your petition refused
screaming for your life
suffocation cries
religions been lost
dancing in the flames
that's your destiny
surrendered to the gods
unholy evil prophets rise
fire is raining from the endless skies
can you hear the final thunder roaring
napalm in the morning
...you're gonna die !
unholy evil prophets rise
fire is raining from the endless skies
can you hear the final thunder roaring
napalm in the morning
time bomb warrior
flancked all around
fighting back their lies
you are my soul insane
blood stops feeding veins
god damn monkey's bite
ashes dung the ground
infuriate mauled
recrudescence of wounds
there's no time to waste
smash'em without grace
hell is coming to you
04 Minejumper (03:11)
you know there is a reason
why you never shouldn't trust
as their fury got released
undertaking blast
jumping on a mine
can't find refuge
your reign can now begin
ignoring your triumph
summon up the dead
tormening nightmares
revealed my darkest fear
dancing with the devil
see the staring eyes of rage
violence is just a friend
walking on the right way
jumping on a mine
jumping on a mine
can't find refuge
your reign can now begin
ignoring your triumph
summon up the dead
tormening nightmares
revealed my darkest fear
shellshock shades of darkness
valiant demise
i see my rent remains
'cause my cerebrations still alive
jumping on a mine
jumping on a mine
can't find refuge
your reign can now begin
ignoring your triumph
summon up the dead
tormening nightmares
revealed my darkest fear
06 Little Boy (04:08)
Mother's little freckled boy,
His father's pride,
A little beauty sweet beloved,
The sunshine of their lives.
There's something in the air tonight,
Little Boy,
Send greetings to the other side,
Little boy.
Resting by your teddy's side,
Sleeping without guilt,
With magic in your mind inside,
No war inside your dreams.
Gonna see the life below,
Little boy,
Dead means when you touch the ground,
Little boy,
No God will pray the world to leave,
Little Boy,
'Cause God himself the one who did.
The truth with dirt, in it's face,
With bubble in his hair,
Innocence of babyhood,
Never really care.
I let you go, leave me alone,
Little boy,
My work is done now it's your turn,
Little boy,
I can't look back just say goodbye,
Little boy,
Appeared to me, so shinning bright,
Little boy.
How many ears need a man,
to hear the people cry?
How many times a man must look,
Before he see the sky?
How many years a mountain need,
Before it washed to the sea?
How many times some people need,
To get allowed to live?
07 M-16 (04:49)
the awe of love pulled out of the roots
just rolling thunder we found
pregnant with the tears of shame
but never let'em out
we shoot'em down
we shoot'em down
we shoot'em down
free fire zone with my m-16
vendetta burns inside
wiped out their lives for eyes unseen
mercy chilled to the freezing point
to the war
blind religion,clouded minds
called by the name of war
223 body penetration
before you hit the ground
we shoot'em down
we shoot'em down
we shoot'em down
free fire zone with my m-16
vendetta burns inside
wiped out their lives for eyes unseen
mercy chilled to the freezing point
free fire zone with my m-16
vendetta burns inside
wiped out their lives for eyes unseen
mercy chilled to the freezing point
to the war
you are imploring to my aid
machine gun fire scorn
life corroded from inside
remains in silent force
we shoot'em down
we shoot'em down
we shoot'em down
free fire zone with my m-16
vendetta burns inside
wiped out their lives for eyes unseen
mercy chilled to the freezing point
free fire zone with my m-16
vendetta burns inside
wiped out their lives for eyes unseen
mercy chilled to the freezing point
free fire zone with my m-16
free fire zone with my m-16
mercy chilled to the freezing point
to the war...
08 Lead Injection (06:24)
firepower in the hand of a madman
hell is gonna burn
cushing'em down,pounding away
at the point of no return
painful screams growing near
metal cutting your breast
laughing when you lose control
pollution guarantee
creping and crawling why do you cry?
pathetically prayers by your side
caught beneath my blood erection
lead injection
assault attack,the rifle's blast
you are my soul insane
a product of a brutal world
killing just a game
hatred burns with desolation
pleasure for the blood
this must be the dead man's day
the truth in crimson mud
creeping and crawing why do you cry?
pathetically prayers by your side
caught beneath my blood erection
lead injection
creeping and crawing why do you cry?
pathetically prayers by your side
caught beneath my blood erection
lead injection
swinging the judgement's hammer down
glory 'til the end
now you wish you had a god
now evil in your brain
bullets left the gun straight ahead
awaiting your cancerous breath
will touch you when you're still alive
and left you when you're dead
creeping and crawing why do you cry?
pathetically prayers by your side
caught beneath my blood erection
lead injection
creeping and crawing why do you cry?
pathetically prayers by your side
caught beneath my blood erection
lead injection
11 Surfin' Bird (02:39)
Well everybody's heard about the bird
Bird bird bird
Bird is the word
Don't you know about the bird
Well everybody knows that the bird is a word
Bird bird bird bird is a word
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