The Berzerker - Animosity - review
The Berzerker - Animosity - review
Tracklist
Disc I01. Eye For An Eye
02. Purgatory
03. False Hope
04. Evolution
05. No More Reasons
06. Retribution
07. The Cancer
08. Weapons Of War
09. Heavily Medicated
10. Lonely World
Disc II [limited edition, live at the London Dome December 2006]
01. Intro
02. Forever
03. Compromise
04. The Principles And Practices Of Embalming
05. "Y"
06. Never Hated More
07. World Of Tomorrow
08. Disregard
09. All About You
10. Cannibal Rites
11. Heavily Medicated
12. Burnt
13. After Life
14. Chapel Of Ghouls [Morbid Angel cover]
15. Pure Hatred
16. Deform
17. No One Wins
18. Death Reveals
19. Reality
20. Commited To Nothing
21. Corporal Jigsore Quandary [Carcass cover]
A review by
Herzebeth April 08, 2007
The Berzerker kept going further ever since they arrived to our beloved metal scene; if a band was insanely fast they played their music faster, if a band was brutal The Berzerker was even more violent, they were always one step ahead of everyone, and now they did it again! "Animosity" was made to prove how multitalented this band can be (or "this guy can be" as this album was made by Luke Kenny almost in its entirety) Today we have a band that slowed things down a notch, they added melody, catchiness, and breakdowns to their songwriting, they tighten the screws just a little bit as, in essence and aggression, they are still the same band scaring the audience with iniquitous masks and violent performance.
"Animosity" creates a more professional plateau for The Berzerker, the record sounds more polished and shaped from the grotesque music to the clever lyrics. Every single song bleeding in this album has a strong "masterpiece" potential; "Eye For An Eye" starts with a very uplifting drumming, we all loved to hear the human drummer for sure, but this kind of programming just sounds more than ideal for the concept of this album; so, "Eye For An Eye" opens "Animosity" in a very brutal and blasting way, it's just the kind of song that cuts through your eardrums so they won't burst in the middle of the experience?then "Lonely World" closes this record, it's the most promising song I've ever heard from The Berzerker, it's different, it's refreshing, it's brutal, it's mid-paced, it's just fucking perfect!
In the end we have the same Berzerker from the old ages, but with a more technical approach, a better songwriting and a more digestible sound.
Do you consider yourself extreme? Prove it! Buy this album.
Best Tracks: "Eye For An Eye", "Lonely World", "The Cancer"
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 7 |
Written by Herzebeth | April 08, 2007
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"Today we have a band that slowed things down a notch, they added melody, catchiness, and breakdowns to their songwriting" hm, in that case this sounds a load better then Dissimulate which was laughable to my ears, i might check this out because although like i already said i was always laughing at their music i never doubted that they might have some potential to actually make something good out of their music, maybe they did it this time, i'll check this one out 
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yeah this cd is a mad improvement compared to their older stuff, good review  deffenitly deserved an 8
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Isn't the Carcass song called Corporeal Jigsore Quandary? I REALLY want to get that cleared up.
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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A really good album. I really like the industrial touch!
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well I really liked their last album so I will definitely be looking into this one!! theres no better wall of sound to get at your neighbour then a Bezerker wall of sound. haha
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Posts: 5537 Written by Syk on 09.04.2007 at 03:08 yeah dude, they covered it, and they did a fucking great job (The Berzerker did it back when they were a full group with a real drummer)
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Posts: 1504 Written by Herzebeth on 09.04.2007 at 05:39 I meant the spelling
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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Posts: 5537 Written by Syk on 09.04.2007 at 05:42 Sorry... The actual album has "Corporal Jigsore Quandary" it's mispelled on purpose as far as I know.
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I just saw a video from this band. Apart the style is not my most appriacited , i would like to know at what beat did the drummer goes in allmost all the songs. It's an amazing thing .
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I absolutely love this album! Fucking incredible.. I would give it more than an 8 
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Posts: 552 Written by [user id=122079] on 06.06.2012 at 04:08 surprising, most consider The Reawakening to have been their weakest album.
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