![]() These were the features, not bugs, of nu metal as it overtook what remained of commercial rock radio. The angst? Petty at best violently misogynistic at worst. The vocals? When rapped: pitchy when screamed: puffed. The bass? No less than five strings of wobble. enamel pin.The first coming of nu metal, as much a subgenre as a suburban raison d'être, both overpromised and overdelivered on its hostile id. ![]() The Megaforce Records 30th anniversary edition of the album will be pressed as a Gimme exclusive variant of camouflage splatter and will include an exclusive camouflaged S.O.D. A true CLASSIC.” CEO & Co-Founder Gimme Radio Tyler Lenane This record has stood the test of time and is still influencing Metal Heads worldwide. SEoD is one of the most influential albums to come out in the 80’s – From Scott Ian’s guitar tone to Charlie Benante’s early version of the blast beat. helped pave the way for Crossover Thrash – a style of metal that’s thriving today with bands like Municipal Waste. Along with groups like Cryptic Slaughter and D.R.I., S.O.D. In ’85, not many other bands were doing what S.O.D. Quite possibly the greatest riff in Metal history, SEoD starts off with such bludgeoning force that it’s impossible the rest of the record is going to let you down. And then there’s S.O.D.’s Speak English Or Die. “A lot of Metal albums start off with an epic, grandiose intro that takes you on a whimsical journey to fantastical realms. We think Will Carroll of Death Angel summed up Speak English or Die perfectly when we asked him what he thought of the record, Live in Tokyo 1999 and Crab Society North Demos. It’s a special 30th Anniversary Edition double LP pressing that includes the full album, bonus studio tracks, S.O.D. Speak English or Die is nothing short of legendary and that’s why Gimme Metal chose it as our March Vinyl Record Of The Month. Speak English or Die might not fly in today’s world, but with S.O.D., the tongue was planted firmly in cheek. They could write heavy and yet catchy riffs, they appealed to the metal fans and hardcore kids equally and bridged the gap and unlike most metal bands at the time they adopted satire and humor that was mostly the domain of hardcore punk bands like the Dead Kennedys or Fear. When you heard them, there was absolutely no doubt that Dan Lilker, Charlie Benante and Scott Ian were masters of their instruments and Billy Milano’s vocal phrasing and attitude matched the music perfectly. ![]() Even bands like Agnostic Front during the Cause for Alarm-era were combining really heavy slower parts with the speed of early hardcore.īut no one, NO ONE, did crossover like S.O.D. Bands like the Crumbsuckers, Leeway, and Ludichrist. and Corrosion Of Conformity that were combining the raw aggression of hardcore with some of the technical chops of thrash metal and in the New York area you had a lot of hardcore bands that enlisted talented metal guitarists to create a special blend of crossover. In the mid to late 80’s you had a lot of cross over bands, like D.R.I. There was but one thing to look forward to – midnight on MTV – Headbanger’s Ball.Īnd there was no more perfect a song that captured that excitement for me than the show’s intro song – Stormtroopers of Death’s, “March of the S.O.D.” It was the perfect dose of heaviness to get my blood moving and to keep my eyes open through yet another BulletBoys video in hopes that they might play Overkill. When I was about about 13, stuck at home in the basement of my suburban home on a Saturday night. Each addition to the archive of monthly offerings is something the team at Gimme Metal takes very seriously – weighing the cultural and influential significance of each monthly installment.įor the March edition of the Gimme Metal Vinyl Club, CEO and Co-Founder of Gimme Metal Tyler Lenane details the history and impact of S.O.D.’s 1985 classic, Speak English or Die. ![]() As the ultimate, collector-focused, monthly club curation, the significance of the albums merits a bit of backstory.
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