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"Extreme Cold Weather" album lyrics

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Messiah - Extreme Cold Weather
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Messiah - Enjoy Yourself
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Messiah - Johannes Paul Der Letzte
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Messiah - Mother Theresa
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Messiah - Hyper Borea
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album info:
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Discs1
GenreMetal
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Released1987-01-06
Record labelMassacre
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AddedApril 12th, 2011
Last updatedMarch 8th, 2018
AboutExtreme Cold Weather by Messiah

Type: Full-length
Release date:1987
Catalog ID:CM 004
Label:Chainsaw Murder
Format:12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
Reviews:1 review

If there is one thing that probably shot way over the heads of most people immersed in the early death metal craze it was that the style was actually capable of having a rather tongue-in-cheek outlook, much like its thrash metal cousin. Perhaps part of this lay in the fact that Switzerland's Messiah were something of an unknown in many quarters and still largely are with regards to their earliest offerings. While the debut could have only been considered mildly comedic, "Extreme Cold Weather" could be described as one of the most overtly funny death metal albums to come out of the mid 80s, and believe me when I say that there is no accounting for subtlety for this thing, from the random album cover of a polar bear stalking the tundra to the lyrically bizarre contents contained within.

In terms of its sonic properties, this album has a more polished production that actually serves to bring the band much closer to their latent theatrical quality that was hinted to previous via some strong Hellhammer and occasional Mercyful Fate influences. Here the guitars are a bit less crunchy and frosty and possessed of a warm, yet dark character that is just a tad bit too smooth for what was going on in Florida by this state of the game. Nevertheless, when dealing with the actual riff work, this album thrashes with almost the same level of intensity as its predecessor, making perhaps a little bit more room for consonant melody here and there, but "Johannes Paul Der Letzte" (a very unsubtle jab at John Paul II) and "Enjoy Yourself" speed along with comparable fury to the most intense offerings off of "Seven Churches", though dressed up with plenty of abrupt tempo shifts along the lines of thrash meets doom.

Be all this as it may, the band also has kept their tendency towards having a strong atmospheric element mixed with a clear sense of transition from one song to the next. In contrast to "Hymn To Abramelin", the clean balladic passages have more of a spacey, nostalgic character to them rather than a creepy, horror movie feel. The little ditty "Mother Theresa" showcases a band willing to employ jazzy strangeness along similar lines to what was heard on Maiden's "Strange World" in a slightly more outlandish way. Likewise, each break from one song to the next comes complete with a breath of arctic wind (as opposed to reverb-drenched voiceovers), and the technique factor has been ratcheted up pretty significantly. Particularly in the case of the longer instrumental "Hyper Borea", the guitar gymnastics between the various sections is pretty difficult to miss and definitely showcases a more organized approach than that of Possessed or Slayer on the lead soloing front.

Perhaps the greatest flaw of this album, apart from being a little bit too silly, is that the proper studio material is extremely short, falling about 2 minutes shorter than even the overly short "Reign In Blood". There is a series of live songs that come along as a bonus to try and compensate for the lack of new material, but from song 1-7, this feels more like a slightly longer than average EP and leaves the listener hungry for more. The songwriting here is actually a bit less chaotic than the debut, but a better sense of organization doesn't quite redress the aforementioned issues, not to mention that simply saying "John Paul sucks" is a bit less death metal than Nuclear Assault's desire to hang him from a tree. Nevertheless, those hungry for more of what was brewing in the dark and murky world of thrash infused embryonic death metal back at the beginning will find another worthy pickup here.

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