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Hail Germania (2003)
Split-single
Reviewed: 9/28/2020
One of those collectors' thingys, this. Two bands covering and tributing two of their German loves. Hello Heidi, hello Helga?! No... No, this love letter goes to Running Wild and Sodom. Nunslaughter from the United States of America go first with their tribute to Running Wild. The selection is 'Preacher', the song from RW's 1984 debut album 'Gates to Purgatory', which is blackened speed metal/heavy metal affair. The original one is slow-ish fist-pumper (in any way you might like it to be...), and so is the cover. The guitar is more shrilling, the vocals barking, but otherwise it is very close to the original. Nunslaughter's black/thrash sound fits well here, somehow pointing out RW's Mercyful Fate influence in even stronger manner. Nifty, evil and nipple-hardening! Swedish death metal st...
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