VONDUR - STRIDSYFIRLYSING (1995)
Foul troll "It", of the noise-metal hatefest Abruptum, along with his buddy "All", put out this album under the name Vondur back in 1995. It's basically an over-the-top caricature of lo-fi black metal, all buzzy guitar, drum machine, and orc-in-a-cave vocals. Obviously the major selling point here is the awesome album cover, featuring Darth Vader and a bunch of Stormtroopers. Are the lyrics about Star Wars? Who knows? They're in Icelandic.Aesop over at Cosmic Hearse posted this sucker awhile back, and while I try not to "cross streams" too often, this little oddity is really just too good/bad not to share.
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AMBOOG-A-LARD - A NEW HOPE (1993)
Strangely-named Amboog-A-Lard was a Floridian thrash band active from 1987-1996. A New Hope was their only release, somewhat of a concept album celebrating the genius of George Lucas. Song titles like "Do Or Do Not" and "Medicine Man (L.O.G.R.A.Y)" reveal the Star Wars influence here (Logray was the Ewok medicine man, duh), and although the concept is cheezy, it's actually a pretty solid thrash album. Amboog-A-Lard is some weird shit, occasionally flaunting a semi-industrial sort of early Ministry sound, but they know how to ROCK, and the fact that they wore pink Quicksilver shirts (above, right) didn't hurt either. I heard one of the guys went on to play with Marilyn Manson after these guys split up. WEAK.Download HERE
Sorry to be a nerd but All was never a member of Abruptum. The lyrics aren't about STar Wars but rather juvenile sentiments like "KILL" and "SATAN", great album though. If you haven't check out there follow up EP of cover songs.
ReplyDeleteAmboogalard were from the same town as me, and I had the pleasure of being beaten up by a few of the dudes at a show. Everyone in South Florida played in MM at one point or another. Some of these dicks went on to such forward thinking MENSA bands as Malevolent Creation and Divine Empire.
Wow. Lame.
ReplyDelete"All" wasn't in Abruptum?
Wow. Cobras blows it yet again.
Actually I am wrong. ALL was an early member from the demo days, but the albums were IT and Evil (Morgan of Marduk). Not terribly important. If you want the amazingly ridiculous Vondur EP "The Galactic Rock'n'Roll Empire" I could upload it somewhere for you, both of their releases are pretty rare.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i was reading about it today, but i've never actually heard it. vondur doing elvis presley covers? i'm sold.
ReplyDeleteAnd the worst photoshop pictures of "ALLvis Presley" and It as Mick Mars. Give me a day or two to scan all the great artwork and I'll send you a link. They do a pretty smoking version of "Red Hot" too.
ReplyDeleteThanks dude. You rock!
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