Speak English or Die [EXTRA TRACKS]

Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.)

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 22, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Megaforce
• ASIN: B00004NRW9
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,252 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for Winger fans, July 29, 2000

By	T. Stillman (Salt Lake City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Speak English or Die is brutal, fast, and angry. It is also rude, intelligent, and surprisingly funny (check out "What's that noise?" and "Milk").

Anyone who can handle the intensity of, say Slayer, Nuclear Assault, MOD, etc, will dig this album.

If you are a Winger fan, it will probably make you cry.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These guys defined punk/metal crossover !!, January 4, 2004

By A Customer

I remember the day "Speak English or Die" hit the scene when I was in high school. There was a real division beginning between punkers and metal heads where I was at and part of it was because of the violence from nazi skinheads beating up metal heads for having long hair. Since regular skinheads were kind of considered punkers and hard to tell apart from nazis, alot of metal heads were getting pissed at punks in general.
Some of my better friends were head bangers and we were all bummed about the whole affair. Well, when we heard "United Forces" come ripping from the vinyl in a vocal and chord crunching assault testifying that "...it doesn't matter how you wear your hair, it's what's inside your head..." we were stoked.
Here was this band, 2500 miles from where we were at, talking about the same problem tellin' everybody to lighten up.
I listened to this album exclusively for almost a half a year, and there was a lot of killer music then. As far as I'm concerned, these guys are the god fathers of speedcore and if you don't own it, at least hear it once. These guys were a major influence on metal to come!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic!, February 6, 2004

By	francesco - See all my reviews

This album is a true trash metal masterpiece. It started all in 1985 as a side project by Scott Ian, guitarist of Anthrax. Recorded in three days it came out to be something like nothing else before: furious, mean, funny and heavy as hell. I still listen to it now in 2004 after almost 20 years from its birth!!
It's unbelievable how well it aged through time. I heard that it caused a lot of controversy because of the lyrics but I dindn't care 15 years ago when I dindn't even get a word of english (i'm italian) and I don't care now as I read the cd booklet. Besides the lyrics were never intended to be that serious. Anyways if you like trash metal bands like suicidal tendencies or anthrax you will love sod "speak english or die"!

"He'll make you wish that you dindn't exist,
Cause Sargent "D" is coming and you're on his list!"