Der Stürmer / Hammerskins / Compilations Of 90's:
Here we have a 1992 single, then a 1994 album, then various 1994-1997 tracks.
This starts intensely: The sound of a guy being strangled, then a wall of static. The B-side is also an intense, pulsating synth heavy affair. Best single yet imho.
After a bit of "singing" the album starts with quite a head rush: I think someone recorded a tornado. What a beautiful, breathtaking, filthy wall.
Erm...and then the opera? No! It's eaten by some kind of gigantic machine. This 68min CD is the rawest of the 4...so far...
Mr Xane chimes in every now and then with a slogan or two. But (thankfully) he lets the Noise take the front seat.
Another wall follows. Snippets of unintelligible voices float in the mix. Vomir would blush at this one.
And then, I think a Diplodocus is attacking cavemen (I know they didn't coexist) during a hurricane. This LP fucking rules.
Nazi song snippets appear here and there.
The last track of the LP (and track 7 of 13 on this CD) continues this dark mood with another wall of rumble and a hi-pitch on top. What a thrill so far. A brilliant single / LP. Can the 6 other tracks sustain this arc?
Erm...not quite! 😂 There's some good shit here. Some compelling sounds and mood. More vocal / sample heavy stuff. Hitler shows up.
But how can selected / various tracks be expected to sustain this journey? This CD is half "bonus tracks".
Well, this 4hr20min ish Streicher journey was fantastic for me. (How about you?) 😂
I think 90% of it was great work, including one 45min LP, that, imho is Monumental: An overlooked Masterpiece.
There's a lot of Nazi snippets, art, titles here, but that does not mean that Mr Xane is a fucking Nazi. I think a review of his interviews dispels such silly notions. Ok, Discogs?