UDO-Infected (2009 EP) [Heavy M.]
Udo is one of those few monoliths in the Heavy Metal scene with a career that spans from the late 70s until nowadays, without ever getting rusted. His days with ACCEPT gave inspiration to many bands and added such a great boost to the German as well as the world metal scene. This is said to be an important release by itself, but gains some additional momentum due to the recent refusal by Udo to join a further ACCEPT reunion. In any case "Infected" is the first ’sample’ of U.D.O.’s new album and it consists of two non-album tracks (original, not left overs), one remix and one live recorded song at Moscow in 2008. Sound and production are UDO guarantee; music too.
SKELETONWITCH-Worship the Witch (2006 EP) [Thrash/MDM]
Here you go with their second self-produced work. The EP is not really long and not of high value as for production, but it is what landed them a record contract with Prosthetic Records: four songs for only 11 minutes of music. Yet it is a further key to to get into Skeletonwitch music evolution. As said below, the band plays a breed between old thrash, rich in frenetic guitars riffs & fast rhythms, but with black/death metal singing spiced with a bunch of melodies; not easy to compare with others. Here, without giving anything new though, the band find the way to write something nice and catchy.... and also the "poor" sound add a retrò something, in my opinion. "Beyond the permafrost" will kick your ass to the moon... and if you don't bang on it, you'd better go seeing a doctor, dudes! In the new full-lenght, the same track is way more perfect!
