Ghoul - Maniaxe - guest review
Ghoul - Maniaxe - guest review
Tracklist
01. Pleasant Screams/Forbidden Crypts02. Maggot Hatchery
03. Sewer Chewer
04. Ghoul Hunter
05. Numbskull
06. Boneless
07. Maniaxe
08. Mechanized Death
09. The End?
10. What a Wonderful World [Louis Armstrong cover]
Guest review by
deadone January 04, 2014
Well come right into the world of Ghoul's Maniaxe album.
The basic formula for the album is to take a lot of catchy old school Thrash Metal riffs and mix it with Death Metal's groove, vocal style and occasionally drums. The main vocals are straight out of the Jeff Walker school of growls. Like early Carcass, most of the rest of the band has a sing along too, in a variety of undecipherable stomach-churning growls.
The album is very much tongue in cheek and tells the tale of a bunch of ghouls living in a cemetery in Creepsylvania, very much a typical and impoverished Balkans country. Opposing the ghouls is their arch enemy, the Ghoul Hunter and his robot. The band also has a bit of fun at the expense of Black Metallers and the last song is a twisted version of "What A Wonderful World".
As can be expected the riffs are pure head-banging moshpit fun, especially the song "Numbskull," which is most definitely an anthem for anyone who likes moshy metal but doesn't take themselves too seriously.
The production is rough and that's a good thing as it takes you back to the glory days of old thrash and early Death Metal (think early Venom, Death and Obituary and, of course, Carcass).
With Death Metal becoming ever more complicated and challenging to listen to, Ghoul's Maniaxe offers a glimpse back to a simpler time when Death and Thrash metal focused on song writing and vibe as opposed to the mindless technicality and brutality.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 7 |
Written by deadone | January 04, 2014
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Posts: 9568 Written by Mattybu on 08.01.2014 at 03:34 Ghoul is pretty damn fine if you ask me. I'd definitely check it.
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Good review minus the "poser Black Metallers" line, which I obviously take offense to. Calling someone a poser is just dumb. Either way I will check this out when I get a chance
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Just listening to this and it's fantastic, it sounds like...a healthy mix of Vektor, The Crown, and something else - the vitriolic gore in your face  Very enjoyable. And those lyrics...just sick, lol Edit: Just read the Ghoul Hunter lyrics and loled a lot: -- "I was bound and gagged in the dining room Surrounded by the funk of fetid breath The quartet of maniacs hunched over me And forced me to listen to Anthrax and Megadeth"
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