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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Metal album of the year!, May 26, 2005
When I first heard this album I wasn't crazy about it. I thought it was good but perhaps a little to "HEAVY' for my GWAR tastes. But after listening to it a few times it has grown to be one of my GWAR favorites. It is their cleanest sounding album since A.M.B.D. The vocals are outstanding and the music is damn near untouchable. There is not a metal band out there today that can touch GWAR. They have kept it real for almost 20 years. I could name a lot of other great bands that somewhere along the line lost their magic but not GWAR. Sure they had some bumps in the road, but after 18 years of making music they are proving their status as metal gods.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For the scum that is us., November 6, 2004
Let me lead in to this review with the griping, because it is not good to appear soft while critiquing the bulbous flatulence that be GWAR. My first impression was, "Where's the production value?" The insert and art were pale compared to the fantasy art spread within VHA, and even the song tracks were not labeled when I popped it into my player. And only 38 minutes of music? After three years? Lazy stoners!
So that is the list of stuff that fell short. Why do they still have five stars lounging above this r-tarded review? Because you don't usually buy a CD for the special fold-out picture of a styrofoam dinosaur straddling wreckage (that you subsequently can never figure out how to refold properly)! I wondered where all those production bucks went, right up until I listened to the music and realized... ah, right there. Quite possibly this is the cleanest and most perfectly musically constructed thing GWAR has ever released, and true fans may need to splatter the CD itself with filth and juices to acclimatize themselves to a new approach from the Scumdogs: Putting 95% of their focus into the songs.
And actually, 38 minutes is far from short when every song is so searingly fast. Most of the songs are 3-4 minutes long, and at the speed they are played each one is worth a couple! Pure, dense, bloody-eared, abrasive substance. And while I mourn the lessening of excessive drug and necro-bestial slumberparty references, there is enough hardcore sickness in the new refined Oderus' words to keep me cackling and breaking my furniture for another three years.
So knuckles to concrete you sloppy-eyed slaves! Pay respect (and 3.95 shipping) to the masters' bilious concerto of demise, and buy copies for every person you hate or love (wuss).
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gwar will never cease to amaze me..., November 1, 2004
Continued creativity and innovation for 20 years is a feat for any musical act. This applies especially to one whose notoriety is based on being comprised of intergalactic monsters bent on world-domination and baby-consumption. Therein lies the greatness of Gwar, whose dedication to repeatedly performing some of the best metal to befall human ears is often and unfortunatey under-appreciated due to their stunning theatrics.
Then along comes WAR PARTY, which I tore open on October 26th with the expectations of an 8 year-old on Christmas morning. The album exceeded my hopes, and has rarely left my CD player since. It represents a stripped-down, more focussed Gwar, Violence Has Arrived's angrier, and yet more concise, younger sibling. The title track and Krosstika are perfect demonstrations of this new, yet not unfamiliar Gwar sound, and Bonesnapper... well, Bonesnapper may very well be the war metal anthem of our generation.
Of course, no Gwar album review would be complete without considering the lyrics, which fit the ominous nature of the music perfectly. Gone are the days of "I Suck On My Thumb", and in their place, scathing satires of extremely current social issues, particularly the debacle in Iraq. And only Oderus, being who he is, can unite Christianity and Nazism in such a positive manner.
In summation, it doesn't matter if Gwar are considered an amazing theatrical act with the bonus of good music, or a great metal act with the benefit of an entertaining stageshow. Gwar have once again set the standard for satirical entertainment and music to joyously get your ass kicked to, next time they come to your town.
No metal fan will regret purchasing this album.
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