Austrian Death Machine-Total Brutal
Metal Blade
July 22, 2008

This is a novelty band, sort of. Austrian Death Machine have found a niche in impersonating Arnold Schwarzenegger, complete with songs based on his movies. There is someone impersonating him during hysterical clips, the best one being Arnold's struggles being a singer during a band practice, and the screamed vocals somewhat sound like him as well. The songs are funny with some memorable lines (people from my work will be singing "Its Not a Tumor" for weeks and months to come), as novelty as they may be. The music itself is pretty death metal, and well played death metal at that. There isn't much singing going on, which I like. This is a pure sounding death metal, as goofy as the songs may be. The riffs are heavy. There is plenty of double bass and fast drums. There are a lot of things to like about this album, a novelty album that isn't quite as novelty as one might think.

Written by: RF
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