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Rating: THE REVIEW
«M-16: assault rifle of great reliability belonging to the family of light weapons, capable of piercing various armored vehicles. Introduced by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, it possesses an almost perfect ergonomics: transportation in battle is facilitated thanks to good balance and decent lightness. Extremely precise, it allows engagements at distances well beyond the required 300 meters.»
With this premise, I absolutely do not want to urge you to buy this “gentleman's rifle” (we already have enough of the various kamikazes!), but I just want to make you understand on what martial bases this monstrous album comes to life. M-16 is based on the abstractions of the Vietnam War, resulting in a mixture of thrash sounds and death vocals!
Latest among the disc releases (soon they will return to record, if they haven't already done so), this album presents itself as a true sonic massacre, ready to induce anyone into a mad headbanging. The album was released in 2001 by the usual record label Steamhammer and marks the return of the German tank to the optimal levels of “Agent Orange.” It is not a masterpiece like the aforementioned album (there we were in '89), but it is certainly a great album that rocks properly! It knows no pause and moves fast as an f-12 and powerful as a battleship! With “m-16,” you always travel full throttle and never stop banging your head!
The trio, led by the leading figure Tom Angelripper, knows how to realize true thrash metal, capable of making anyone's veins boil. They neglect nothing, starting with the lyrics that for a superficial listener might seem warmongering. And this is absolutely wrong. Sodom seeks to express a message opposite to that of war, even though they approach current themes with much sarcasm and roughness.
The ruthless sounds fill the entire album, seen as a crossroads between death and thrash. Among the fragments of impiety that invade the album, I highlight “Among The Weirdcong,” “I Am The War” merely devastating, and “Napalm In The Morning.” The cover “Surfin Bird” is laugh-out-loud funny, which many of you will surely remember from a famous commercial that ran on TV a few years ago, advertising a scooter (if I write the brand, they'll bash me).
A nice return of thrash metal, in short, which sweeps away a bit of the crap that nowadays invades the metal market.
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Sodom’s M-16 is a powerful thrash metal album inspired by the Vietnam War, combining death vocals and aggressive riffs. It delivers relentless energy with fast rhythms and impactful songs like "Among The Weirdcong" and "I Am The War." While not a masterpiece like Agent Orange, it marks a strong return to form. The lyrics convey an anti-war message through sarcasm and roughness. The humorous "Surfin Bird" cover adds a surprising twist to the intense album.
Sodom
Sodom are a German extreme metal band formed in 1982, widely associated with Teutonic thrash metal. Reviews depict an early era tied to raw, primitive first-wave black metal aesthetics before a turn toward extreme thrash around Persecution Mania (1987), with Agent Orange (1989) often presented as a major peak. Their lyrics are frequently described as focused on war and death, with a recurring anti-war stance.17 Reviews
