10 songs / 40 minutes
Diehard
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10 songs / 40 minutes
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Artillery got already formed in 1982 and belonged to the pioneers of the Thrash Metal movement. Due to problems with their management and their record label, they decided to split up in 1991. So I was quite surprised to hear at the end of 1999 that they tried a comeback with a fourth album called B.A.C.K. There were no line up changes; still the classic power trio Flemming Ronsdorf and the two Stützer brothers on guitars and bass. Drums were played by a session musician. Artillery's music can still spread around the charm of mid-eighties Trash metal. It's at the same unbelievable and amazing that their music is free from any Crossover influences and no True Metal at all. Classic guitar and bass riffs and Flemming Ronsdorf's high and unique voice let you live a trip 15 years into the past. Even if the music is still as in the good old days, there's no way to talk about a kind of stagnation. The production of the album is on a high level which wasn't always the case in Artillery's past. Responsible man for B.A.C.K. was Andy Sneap (Stuck Mojo, Exodus, Testament). The lyrics also treaten up to date themes: 'Cybermind' and 'WWW' are about modern technologies. The title track is about this mistreatment of our ecological environment and 'Paparazzi' accuses the power of the media. The strangest fact about this CD is that Artillery never intended a comeback. They just gave one comeback show for fun and the success was so huge that they immediately got a record deal. But you can read more about this in our interview section. |
