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Artist: DERDRAKOS
Album: Lust For Chaos
Year: 2006
For all of you people out there who didn't knew it: I
love Czech Republic! It has many beautiful girls, cheap
food and real cheap beer (for Dutch standards that is)
and the great Obscene Extreme festival. But, when you
should have asked me like a month ago "Do you know any
industrial metal act from Czech Republic?" I should have
answered 'no'. But, there have been some changes since I
lately got in touch with a father-son duo named
DerDrakos. They released one album so far named "Lust
For Chaos" which recieved excellent critics all over the
world so far. Reason enough for me to review this one as
well, don't you think?
And oh my God! Just when you think you have heard all
the great cyber-punk-metal-techno-whatever bands all out
there when you have heard Deep Metal Mechanic, Punish
Yourself, Diabolos Rising/Raism and T.Raumschmiere,
you'll get sucked into a living Hell when you hear the
first tunes of this album. Darker than T.Raumschmiere,
more eccentric than Diabolos Rising and a thousand times
sicker than Deep Metal Mechanic! Absolutely insane! The
base of this band are clearly the beats. And not just
average beats... these beats are bashing all the
schizophrenic vocals out of your soul! And when you are
crying and begging for mercy they add some straight to
the point guitar riffs to complete the suffering! And if
this ain’t enough yet, they invited a female vocalist
who is able to make real diabolical sounds. Agressive,
Satanic, insane and extravagant all packed in one! Next
thing: the lyrics. What? Lyrics? I meant sermons! I
quote a few lines out of the title track of this album:
“Do you like some chaos? I got a lust for chaos. Come
closer. Look into my eyes. Chaos, chaos. I want chaos.
Chaos.” Sounds like it has been taken from a ceremony in
the Church of Satan directly, doesn’t it? And then the
beats in this song, they sound mesmerizing and are
almost forcing you to create one big black mess into
your room! I am sure this title track will scare some
kiddies on Halloween when they are ringing your
doorbel... Another track I would likt to say a few more
words about is the eleventh track named ‘With No Mercy’.
This song is rather different than the things I
described earlier. In stead of hitting your brains with
insane beats, this song is sailing through the air and
slowly creates a dark atmosphere around you. The only
beats that are used in this song sound like a heartbeat
of a coldhearted serial killer who is ready to slaughter
his next victim. With this song, DerDrakos proves that
they are able to make people go insane without the use
of a smashing beat in their songs. ‘Devils Paradise’ is
another song of a different kind. Classical based
pianoworks have found their way in this track, and
accompanied by a dark electro beat and soft whisperings
they make this song one of the more easy listening ones
of this album, but don’t you ever try to underestimate
this track! The final track I would like to have a few
words said about will be ‘Dictator Girls Rule’. In this
track it sounds like DerDrakos have eaten all the
powerful parts of trance, electro and hardstyle and
shitted it out. The result is this track, of course with
a touch of their sick minds added. Maybe the most
danceable track of this album.
Well people, what is left to be said in the end about
this masterpiece? This album is a definite must for
people who are known with the dance metal of Unk!, Reel
and in common, but consider their style too soft. And,
people who like bands like Count Nosferatu Kommando and
Tamtrum will surely find a pleasant surprise in Der
Drakos, because these guys have created an unique style
which has the potential to become very popular in the
hardstyle, the gothic ánd the metal scene! Not for the
weaker soul though!
Vote: 97 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Out of Control
02. Sex and Hate
03. Fall in my Hands
04. Lust For Chaos
05. Time to Fight
06. Motorskull
07. Dictator Girls Rule
08. Joy Thru Fury
09. Ich Bin Der Teufel
10. The Bad Boy
11. With No Mercy
12. Her Painful Pleasure
13. Devils Paradise
14. Power Of Hate Mix
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