Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die Gehennah 2016 Metal Blade Records Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die is the fourth studio album by Swedish metal band Gehennah, not to be confused with the Norwegian Black Metal band Gehenna. Gehennah stick true to the roots of metal, there’s no farting about with elongated musical passages of time signature changes, there’s no talk of love and no sword and sorcery themes. What you get with Gehennah is oil stained denim jeans and beer soaked leathers, raise your fist in the air and destroy. Gehennah stylistically fit somewhere between New Wave of British Heavy Metal style Venom and picks up where Motorhead left off. Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die is what it says, it’s not just Heavy Metal; it’s Street Metal. It’s fast and dirty, it’s loud, crude and chewing its face off on amphetamine. Produced by Martin Ehrenkrona, Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die sounds exactly like it is meant to. It’s produced very well, but not overproduced. Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die is raw, it’s so raw in fact, it’s still bleeding. You get the feeling that Gehennah turned up with Venom’s Welcome to Hell and Black Metal, played 13 songs and said right that’s enough, let’s go get pissed and by the way, we’d like it to sound like those albums. Gehennah and Ehrenkrona have given Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die the sound that if you was to listen to Gehennah live, this is exactly what you’d get. As mentioned above in the review, the lyrics for Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die are as you expect. They’re crude and simple, but don’t let that put you off because they’re catchy too. Gehenneh do one thing perfectly and that is loud, in your face lyrics which make you want to throw your fist in the air and chant with Gehennah at the choruses. Life Metal Must Die, Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die, Low on Cash, High on Speed and All of the Decadence, None of the Success are great songs that are perfect examples of simple, catchy songs that gives Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die the need to be turned up to max on your stereo. A personal favourite lyric from the ‘Cause we’re a Street Metal Band is: “Live life like a fucking bulldozer”. Genius. Gehennah are awesome for the fact that they have amusing stage names, it’s been awhile since I saw anyone called Mr. Violence! Speaking of Mr. Violence, his vocals suit the music of Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die perfectly, at times of a lapse in concentration, you could swear that you are listening to Cronos, as Mr. Violence is a dead ringer for him at times. The rest of Gehennah is made up from Rob Stringburner, Charley Knuckleduster and Hellcop. Knuckleduster and Hellcop make up a rhythm section that at times could be straight from Overkill by Motorhead and the way Knuckleduster plays his bass like a guitar only helps Gehennah’s sound. Stringburner’s guitar sound is great, he doesn’t overplay, he lets the music talk, little fills that once more a reminiscent of Motorhead before ripping forth with a 10-12 second guitar solo burst. Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die is an album which is just a full on enjoyment, it’s not pretentious or trying to be something it’s not. Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die is a good, honest album from a bunch of street urchins all about having a good time whilst making some music, to quote Gehennah directly; All of the Decadence, None of the Success and you know what? I don’t think they fucking care! 7/10 Adam Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die (Gehennah)
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