No, it's not dark and Evil, but some of the music is truly amazing. Outside in particular stands out to me for its beauty. Escape is an awesome, high-energy song. Eternal is another favourite with is full, thumping sound. Longing is a favourite, especially after a few listens. I used to enjoy Wasted Dreams, but I got sick of it quite quickly. I found Witches' Dance to be quite a weak point on the album - incredibly repetitive.

Overall it is this album that turned me on to Wumpscut. I can't say that Wumpscut is amazingly diverse or anything, but the depth and quality of the sound delivered makes them one of my favourites.


Deep in the Woods, Screams Die Away   January 23, 2004
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

:wumpscut: does many things for many people, depending on how much they pay attention to the tracks and how strongly they feel on certain morbid matters. On the outside the beats sometimes move an audience and do it rather well, with a very accessible beat founding some works and a very enticing build manufacturing others, and that suits some listeners. Others delve in a little deeper, hear the Germanic words flowing to the beat and the voxing coming through, and that perhaps disturbs them. The way the voxing sounds and the deep wells of bitterness they seem to be derived from sometimes have that way with people, making them think that its perhaps morbid. But for those others that dive into the lyrical content and find out that it is actually more disturbed than simply the voxing and the sounds because the content truly is dark, thereys a plethora of thoughts to choose from. And, personally, I think Iyve chosen to buy quite few albums because its just too good to pass up.

Boeses Junges Flisch (Evil Young Flesh) perhaps isnyt the most easily accessible work in the :wumpscuty catalog for everyone because (1) most of the vocals are in German and (2) because its an deliciously depraved byproduct. For some reason the language barrier bothers some people, them not enjoying stuff they canyt sing along to stateside, and they wonyt purchase it. They have to be able to sing along in their native tongue, not really getting into the songs and not really noticing the translations housed directly inside the case. And thatys understandable, albeit limiting. Others have a problem because some of these songs are rather explicit, one spoke by a female and talking about certain acts sheyd like to engage in, or because theyyre about some rather violent themes. Stalking, killing, the random acts of violence that fuel the world; those are what :wumpscut: revolves around. And if one doesnyt mind that and likes their EBM on the mostly-aggressive side, then Evil Young Flesh is a prime choice.

While I wouldnyt go as far as to say Iyd choose a favorite in the :wumpscut: collection, I would go as far as to say that this ends up in my discman more than most of the others. The reason for that is primarily because it has a little taste of everything, be it beats that build or songs with growling vocals, and it flows with more consistency than a lot of the other works do. The beginning track, yWulfy has a good built, some nice voxing on it, a switch between German and English vocals, and leads nicely into yDeadmaker.y At first glance, yDeadmakery seems like a calm sea of sounds, with a melodic introduction done with guitar, but that takes off quickly and leads into the building ocean of beats and technotroic static pretty fast. It sounds somewhat calm even when it builds, too, until you truly delve into the lyrical translations and see that yno thought afterwards when I broke your bonesy and yIym a slave to the killingy arenyt exactly lullaby material. yI want youy is actually something of a change for :wumpscut:, with a lot of the vocals done by a lady as she graphically goes into what turns her on while leading into Rudyys portion. Iyve always thought this was a commendable effort, too, because its so unacceptable to do and so catchy at the same time. It shocks a lot of people at first, finding that somewhat appalling, but its only sexuality when it comes down to it. yEscapey is a song I heard a few times on other albums and that I really liked as well, with its translations showing a chase erupting from ydeep in the woodsy as someone, yall alone,y tries to flee. The voxing on this song and the German itself has a much greater effect when the words play out, too, making it sound y cold. Yeah, thatys some good stuff. yWitches Dancey is a superb instrumental, it almost a dance theme set in dark times, and yOutsidey follows it up as a slower piece also set in electronic instrumental skies. yEternaly is a pretty good song, too, leading into yForgive Me,y which is a colder sound and a much more corrosive theme that is enjoyably dark. yTell Me Nowy is a bit different when combined with the albums progressing idea inside the music, with the female vocals (this time in German) combining with R. Ratzingerys and speaking more on love and the wants instead of the horrors that are often the byproducts of this in :wumpscut: songs. And, to end, is the musical piece yLonging,y bringing the album to close with a nice beat and some interesting clips to boot.

While I wouldnyt recommend this to everyone nor would I say that this would be a good starting point to introduce :wumpscut:, I would say that this is a piece anyone that liked what they do should pick up because it has a lot of good stuff. The beats are energetic and dark, and the progressing theme of the songs is also of the violent variety, and the things I like from :wumpscut: flow within those veins. As I said before, its something that works well as an entire piece and has replayability. Itys always helps me gear toward killing time (or is that times?).


Much better than Embyodead   June 27, 2003
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Rudi Ratzinger's forced vocals works for me.(I dont like Philippe Fichot of Die Forms voice which also sounds forced,I love Elaine P.s voice tho)This is a great CD and I especially like Witches dance to which there are no vocals.I also love Outside, Eternal,Longing, Wulf, and Escape.


Rudy in a creative crisis?   January 9, 2000
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This definitely is the weakest :Wumpscut: record so far. His previous output Embryodead like Eevil Young Flesh did not revolutionize EBM, but at least it was heavy, evil and violent. EYF is none of this. The lyrics (like always) are placative, the groove is poor and the ballad "Sag es jetzt" causes pain in my ears because of the gothic-like female vocals and the far too simple music. But there are some (yet few) really good songs on the CD, like "Flucht" and "Zerstoerte Traeume", which I am sure will be played in EBM-Clubs regularly. But the new :W: definitely lacks the aggressiveness, the groove and the ability to create a gloomy atmosphere which he had in former times. And there is absolutely NOTHING on this record which we haven't heard on other records earlier. Remember, Rudy: Wer zu spaet kommt, den bestraft das Leben.


Rudy does it again!   April 25, 1999
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Rudy has proven once again that the rest of the world is lagging. In a time of MTV bands (Marilyn Manson, NIN) being incorrectly labeled industrial, bands like :wumpscut: and Neubauten continue to put out quality albums! This newest effort by Rudy did not take a second thought before being put into heavy rotation at the club I spin at! Must buy! The best way to say it...Leaetherwho?