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Title: Schädling
Artist: :Wumpscut:
Genre: Electro
Release Date: 21st March 2008
Label: Betonkopf Media



Album Review

Every year, comes a new :WUMPSCUT: album. As far as I know it’s since the 2004 release ‘Bone Peeler’ with increasing singularity. Not every musician is able to put out a release every year without a loss of quality and the quality of the :WUMPSCUT: output has decreased and not just a little bit. Rudy said in a Newsletter, that the new album would sound to his ears like ‘Music for a Slaughtering Tribe’. Well, it really sounds old. Let’s go a little bit more into detail: The first song ‘Rusty Nails from Hell’ already shows what to expect on the album. The drums seem to be taken over from a demo recording and after you heard “Dig it, Dig in the dirt, discover rusty nails from hell” for the apparently seventh time in a row it just gets boring and annoying.

Most of the songs get lost in that scheme of simple rhythms & lyrics and one’s tempted to push the skip button over and over again. In ‘Voodoo Void’ he integrates some eastern influences into the music, what brings at least a bit diversion into the game. ‘Spuuk’ (Now is over) is very minimalist. Only one line over and over again underlined by a slow beat and spherical melodies. And ‘Enemy’ sounds like cheap techno to me. The most positive thing about the album is the melodies. All in all ‘Schädling’ continues the downward spiral of :WUMPSCUT:. Maybe it would be a good idea for Rudy to take a break to gather some ideas and then return with a fresh release because if he continues like that it will be just a matter of time before :WUMPSCUT: fully sinks into insignificance


Track List

01. Rusty Nails from Hell - 4:32
02. Schäbiger Lump - 3:33
03. Oh how it feels - 4:06
04. Foretold - 4:01
05. Break the Seal - 2:57
06. Rifki - 4:36
07. Enemy - 3:30
08. Hard to Bear - 4:06
09. Spuuk (Now is over) - 3:26
10. Moloch - 6:47
11. Voodoo Void - 4:11
12. Nest - 6:10


Members

Rudy Ratzinger - Composing, Production, Vocals, Lyrics


Website

http://www.wumpscut.com/ / http://www.myspace.com/wumpscut


Cover Picture




Rating

Music: 3
Sound: 3
Extras: -
Total: 3

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