The Berzerker - World of Lies

Introduction

"The Berzerker is about musically fulfilling the statement 'he who makes a beast of himself, is free from the pain of being a man' The Berzerker is the most natural form of extremity known on this planet." Quote from the band on their website.

The Berzerker are an " Industrial- death metal" band from Melbourne, Australia. Specializing in speed, Intensity and aggression. The wall of noise produced by the band encompasses very untraditional drums sound supplied in the form of distorted 909 kick drums, and industrial sound scapes with general destructive elements used to enhance sonic assault. With twin vocal attacks and machine gun vocals rhythms the band stop at nothing to express their hatred on humanity.


Line up (live sessions):

Vocals - Luke ‘the berzerker’ Kenny
Guitar - Matt Wilcox
Bass & vocals - Sam Bean
Drums - Dave Gray


Website

http://www.theberzerker.com/


Song review

1 - Committed to nothing
“The capacity to hate is a frightening human reality, we are always ready to blame another if the circumstances can free us from our own self-guilt…” will be the first words you hear when you play this song. It has a small variety of different catchy riffs.

2- Black heart
This song starts in also with a sample from I think some movie or whatever and then kicks in with a nice tempo and some rupturing guitarplay which are good balanced over the whole song itself.

3- All about you
This song has a nice blasting piece of drums as start of it. The title might give you the idea that our friends might have become romantic, but it’s everything EXCEPT romantic!
This song is heavy and brutal from the very beginning till the very end.

4 - Burn the evil
What else can I say…
Like all of the rest, this song is also a piece of art with a fast booming bassdrum and sick guitars.

5 - World of tomorrow
Finally! This song has a slow start and a catchy melody which both become also mad bull which has seen a red blanket…
…and how I love the sight of a mad bull causing the needed chaos!

6 - Follow Me
Again a little sample, 3 times a bassboom, and then 1 second of silence!
Immediately after that you‘ve got the time to get yourself tight up on your chair and to go on a new trip with nice catchy melodies and the known aggression.

7 -“Y”
You might ask yourself  “Y”?
Because.. and you know what I mean if you listen to this song yourself!
This songs is also a monster: energic riffs, uptempo drums and a catchy sound.

8 - As the world waits
This one is definitely one of my favourites!
It starts with kind a lame mono-guitar solo-like thingy, but before you can say ‘cheesecake’, it’s done with the rest. Ear shattering drumbeats, merciless vocals and ripping guitars have made me want to find the volume-switch of my stereo to increase the volume.

9 - Afterlife
This album seems to become more brutal any time its closer to its end. My opinion is quite clear… Read the line of the song above this one.

10 - Never hated more
If I listen to the sample in combination with the title I think this song has to do something with religion! And except the fact that I really hate the term religion and everything around it, this song blasts every Christian bitch to pulp!

11 - Free yourself
Monotone and fading in…that’s what you hear when this song passes by. The fading in goes over in a massive wall off drum-triples and this song surprises me a little cuz the voice is almost only grunts and the well-known screams are rarely present and that’s what this song makes a bit different to the rest!
A nice one!

12 - Constant pain
A low grunt is what penetrates your eardrums first… and that is also what you notice in the rest of the song…and welcome back again to ‘Miter.'

13 - …………
 “….” Is exactly how I reacted.This is awesome and takes your breath away.

14 - Farewell
“Farewell” is most of the time something you say when you leave or when you kill someone or when you push someone of a cliff or… I’m fooling around..it is simply a great end of an amazing record. With this album the band can expect some real success.


Cover Picture




Extra’s

None, Promo version


Conclusion

So let’s be serious. I know for sure that this disc is without a doubt nothing for people with a weak heart! This album gets rated very high by me becuz personally I think this is a mindcracking piece of brutality: I love it!


Rating

Music 8
Sound 8
Extra’s -
Total   8