Opium Warlords

Strength! (2lp/green)

Opium Warlords, led by Sami Albert "Witchfinder" Hynninen (Reverend Bizarre, The Puritan, The Candles Burning Blue), return with their sixth album 'Strength!' It is a versatile but tight combination of pussy techno, sludge, industrial pop, hardcore punk, drone, shamanistic pulse, noise, heavy metal, old school gothic rock and march music. It is a take on European rhythmic patterns: stagnant factory beat - no groove, no swing, just a rhythm of industrialism that pierces through different genres and styles. Comparing to the dark and oppressive 'Nembutal' (2020), 'Strength!' is significantly more light-hearted, with its postmodern lyrics emitting from sources such as shampoo bottles and television UFO series to the Pan-Europa myth or morbid lore of death-hungry Transylvanian Iron Guard. However, the sting of irony and sarcasm is balanced with more serious subjects: 'Strength!' is a hate/love letter to Europe and a self-reflection on Machiavellian and Nietzschean philosophies of strength and elitism. True to the band's soul everything is covered with pure toxic misanthropy. Edition on transparant green vinyl, limited to 200 copies.

Price
€ 37.95
Genre
Format
LP - 2 disk
Release date
13-09-2024
Label
Item-nr
548845
EAN
6430080235407
Availability
In stock
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. OPIUM WARLORDS AWAY TEAM
2. FEEL THE STRENGTH
3. THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
4. FASCHIONISTA
5. MEN BEHIND THE SUN
6. WAR AGAINST SUICIDE
7. THE MAD TITAN
8. IT NEVER HAPPENED
9. VOX POPULI
10. LEGIONARI!
11. EVERYTHING GOES
12. WWII
13. DER HEILIGE BERG

Disk 2

1. THE HOLY SWEAT
2. PARASITES
3. THE HASHASHIN
4. ALIEN HARVEST
5. ANCIENT WISDOM
6. THE RAPE OF EUROPE
7. AMAZING RACE
8. EROTOMANIA
9. ANGELS OF CHAOS
10. PAIN AND LOVE
11. MARCH!