Whether the album reviewed here could be viewed a reflection of said stance and of the guys’ more merciful predilections, may forever remain debatable, but there’s no denying the fact that they came out with all they had on it, and consequently produced one of the sheer milestones in the genre. Later on I came across other (in)sane obscurities, from other walks of metal as well, but the time spent with this godly tryptich back then remains one of the most memorable moments in my career as a metaller.Īnd for a damn god… sorry, good reason, the debut already on a very lofty pedestal, a somewhat raw but utterly compelling slice of old school tech-thrash, the band determined on taking no prisoners from the get-go despite their openly Christian lyrical stance. I found the guys’ first three efforts in the late-90’s, when they were already a foregone conclusion, but I listened to them religiously for a number of weeks, being absolutely certain that I’d been graced by the greatest lesser known thrash metal act. The other moment that’s always pained me, just a bit mind you, is that I was a very late passenger on this train. ![]() Sometimes.īut we’ll get back to these defects later, although those who are familiar with the band’s repertoire and with this album in particular already know what I allude to. I’ve always been an enthusiastic albeit moderate advocate for artistic audacity, but when this audacity starts contaminating the kitchens from where I most regularly satiate my music hunger, I catch myself becoming agitated, and sometimes plain resentful. ![]() I know fans who would give it said score based on those two defects alone, but I’m not one of those. And that’s the reason why I’ll put it aside for a while, I listen to it every other week, and will forget about its existence I know it pretty much by heart… I simply don't want it to go away with the perfect score that I’ve been pondering on granting it for quite some time. It also plays over that episode’s credits.The more I listen to this album, the more I try to close my ears for the two small defects that have been detected from the first moment it graced my household. The inclusion of a metal version of Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” by John Murphy and Ralph Saenz hails from a joke in episode 2 in which one character’s girlfriend makes fun of him for liking the faux cheerful song about a school shooting. In addition to Wig Wam’s opener, this soundtrack is dotted with other songs of note. It came to me, along with the idea of the dance itself written into the teleplays.” And the Wig Wam song just seemed to be the one that had perfect lyrics for our show: ‘Do you wanna taste it? Do you really wanna taste it?’ And so there really was nothing else in consideration besides that song. “I started collecting a list of Peacemaker music long before I started writing the show. “The Wig Wam song was just, to be completely honest, one of the first things I thought of,” Gunn told Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn revealed that “Do You Wanna Taste It” felt like the de facto Peacemaker theme song from the start. This list opens with “Do You Wanna Taste It” because how could it open with anything else? This song from modern day Norwegian glam metal band Wig Wam features in every Peacemaker episode as part of the brilliant opening credits. It was fun finding the really good stuff to inject the series with its flavor, which we kept throughout the whole first season,” Gunn said. “It’s a lot of ‘80s hair metal but it’s also a lot of ‘sleaze rock’ and hair metal that comes out of Europe. ![]() In speaking to TV critics last summer during the Television Critics Association press tour, Gunn revealed that Peacemaker’s soundtrack was the one he was looking forward to the most since the original Guardians film. But according to the man himself, his favorite just has to be his latest: Peacemaker, the HBO Max series spinoff to The Suicide Squad. Gunn has a lot of excellent soundtracks to choose from. 2 and last year’s DC effort The Suicide Squad. That song-selecting skill persisted through his other films like GotG Vol. The writer/director put some of the most obscure Marvel characters on the map thanks to a pitch-perfect ‘70s pop soundtrack in Guardians of the Galaxy. Music, more specifically pop music, has been a major part of Gunn’s repertoire for his entire film career. Nothing goes together quite like a James Gunn project and a truly banging soundtrack.
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