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Rating: I have listened to quite a few crazy bands in my life, I must admit. But I believe that surpassing the madness of these Germans, if not impossible, is a rather arduous task. Maniac and absolutely crazy like few others, it's already impossible to define their proposal, a genre truly all their own. The only thing I can say is that "All you need is love" is an extreme metal album. Simply extreme metal. Just for this genre, such a title (does it remind you of the Beatles? Or perhaps Alberto Castagna??) is at the very least inappropriate or in any case quite out of the box... just like the cover: four horsemen of the apocalypse charging and then... the caricature of Abbath of Immortal! In short, the only band I know of until now that has managed to create a genre that, while being extreme metal, is a parody of the same, but not in a negative sense, simply as a matter of fact.
Restless and absolutely brilliant, the Reiter are truly Musicians with a capital M. But let's move on: as mentioned, defining the genre is already impossible, and that's because the solutions adopted by our guys are so many that they cannot be precisely catalogued: it ranges from large melodic openings in gothic style to sudden purely death attacks, from light and cheerful folk arrangements to furious pure black-style outbursts, all even within the same song and, above all, in a completely natural way.
The first three songs are a classic example: vocals that vary from aggressive clean (sometimes with a painful and desperate tone) to a suffocating growl that seems to follow the trail of Nile and Kataklysm, not to mention a scream of all respects and original, absolutely wicked which, I don't know why, reminds me of something from Finntroll. The lyrics alternate between English and German in a genuine way (and, as we will see in the next album, our guys won't even disdain Spanish). The songwriting then, absolutely varied, proves to be brilliant more than a few times: thousands and thousands of bands may have attempted to write the initial riff of the fifth song without ever succeeding, just as it is nothing short of disconcerting to see the first seconds of the sixth, cheerfully accompanied by an accordion, suddenly broken by pure metal fury, all with a combination of melody and rhythm absolutely avant-garde.
Unpredictable, manic, and brilliant, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a band that probably every extreme genre lover would like to have known. One to keep an eye on.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
06 Reitermania (02:57)
Wir leben den Wahnsinn deiner Träume
Wir sind das was du nicht wagst
Wir sind Heroin
Gott und Teufel Tag für Tag
Reitermania
Только вместе мы сильны
Reitermania
Во имя Хзви металла
Ist es Hass oder Liebe
Teilen wir dieselbe Leidenschaft
Bist du des Lebens Überdrüssig
Und spürst du doch des Lebens Kraft.
Komm mit mir mein Freund
Gib mir deine Seele
Samt den Sinnen und Verstand
Und wir tanzen lachend in den Untergang.
Standing together side by side
Ready for the final battle
Only together we are strong
In The Name Of Heavy Metal
Reitermania
Seisomme yhdessä, käsi kädessä
Reitermania
Valmiina viimeiseen taisteluun
Reitermania
Vain yhdessä olemme vahvoja
Reitermania
Heavy metallin nimessä
09 Geopfert (03:28)
Wie Hunde, sie betteln und winseln und schreien
Verlorene Kinder, im Unmut allein
Den Dingen nachtrachtend, denen sie längst entsagt
Die Würde einfordernd, ... welch Verrat.
Geopfert für den Sieg
Zerschunden ist die Brust
Die Helden im Krieg
Die Sklaven der Lust
Der Wahrheit, dem Gott, die Unschuld geraubt
Dem Teufel das eigene Kind anvertraut
Den Schatten gehuldigt wie dem eigenen Weib
Die Rinde verbrannt am hölzernen Leib.
Geopfert für den Sieg
Zerschunden ist die Brust
Die Helden im Krieg
Die Sklaven der Lust
Auf Wasser gegangen, den Himmel zerteilt
Die Liebe verteufelt, dem Wahnsinn enteilt
Den Tod bestellt und den Tod aufgemalt
Das Ende beschworen........... und bitter bezahlt.
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