DESCRIPTION:
The Wraith (Vocals & Guitar)
Larry The Wolf (Vocals & Bass)
Dark (Drums)

I should warn you that I'm under the extreme prejudice that if you don't love Horror Metal you're a wimp and an idiot. If you feel offended by that position I suggest you skip this review.

Writing a MANIMALS review without mentioning THE MISFITS would be original, yes, but really foolish. It doesn't take many seconds of listening or watching the sleeve to figure out these guys all-time favorite band. The main thing that set them apart is of course that MANIMALS are more metallic (and no, that does NOT make them sound like DANZIG!), with longer songs and more advanced song structures Their gloomy Power/Speed has some punk elements, but not in a tacky hc/crossover way that would repel metalheads with a taste for catchy choruses and tasty "aaaah's" and "Wooh-hoo's". Then again THE MISFITS always were the one punk band that even the most narrow-minded metal-fan would get off on.

The epic title track is by far their greatest moment, and at first listenings it almost makes MANIMALS sound like a one-hit wonder. Now this is not due to the rest of the songs lacking in quality, but rather because "Blood Is The Harvest" is a bone-chillingly catchy hit of monstrous (pardon the pun) proportions! The very last chords and vocal harmonies will give goosebumps to the dead, no doubt. "White Zombie" is perhaps the weakest song on the album, but after that they're back in the saddle again. The howling Speed Metal of "Monster Nation" sound like MOTÖRHEAD on a particularly dark and stormy night, "Burn Witch Burn" combines fast chainsaw-riffing with a great singalong chorus, and the 'Wailing Wolf-Metal' of "Outside Your Window" does a significantly better job of projecting images of gloomy forests and white fangs gleaming in the moonlight than a dozen Norwegian Grim Black Metal-bands combined. The closing "Island Of Lost Souls" is based on the classic horror/sci-fi flix with the same name (aka "Island of Dr. Moreau"), from which the band also took it's name. Here they return to the instant hit-factor of the title-track, which thoroughly cements this very unique HORROR METAL album into your bones forever.

review from www.thecorroseum.com/

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