There are a lot of retro metal and punk and garage bands coming out as of late. And actually doing what they do very well. A lot of these bands sound just as good and fresh as the bands that they’re influenced by. Pizza Death is one of them.
Pizza Death is full on ’80s thrash/crossover metal complete with mosh parts and some samples of things like the Simpsons thrown in to make sure you get their message. Which is Pizza. Death. And Death By Pizza. Imagine a thick base of Stormtroopers of Death, spread on a generous layer of Tankard, then pile on hefty toppings of Discharge. Finish it off with a healthy sprinkling of D.R.I., a few spicy slices of Kreator, and serve it with a side order of Lawnmower Deth. Sure we’ve all heard it before, but have we heard it with every song being about pizza? Or better yet, getting killed by pizza?!? I think not. Who knew that so many songs could be written not only about food, but one type of food!?!? Songs about flour, crust, various types of cheese, you name it. This is their 3rd album and with each album having 20 songs, that means they have SIXTY songs about pizza.
The band is actually comprised of members from other Australian metal and punk bands (Dead Already, Pissrash, Wolfpack, and Hailgun). None of which I’ve actually heard as of yet, but the quality of the trash punk on this is so good, they’re all bands I’m going to put on my list to check out. They’ve also won some awards for their music, including the Victoria Music Award for Best Heavy Work.
If you can get the vinyl, all their albums have really good descriptions and intelligent layouts for their songs and presentation, all presented as a pizza menu. Example, “Ashes To Ashes, Crust To Crust” is labeled as $0.31 (which means the song is 31 seconds) and has the description “There is no aspect, no facet, no moment in life that can’t be improved with pizza.” Of course they’re not wrong. This band is from Melbourne and I have to assume they spend a lot of time at Thin Slizzy. And after reading the “thank you” list, sure enough, they only list pizza places with the great Thin Slizzy being at the top. It’s not all fun and games though. Things get pretty serious with “Wrong Order (And Now Begins The Slaughter)”. The description on the LP is also pretty dire. “This is not the meal I ordered! My entire week has been ruined and someone is going to pay for it. NOW BEGINS THE SLAUGHTER!” I wouldn’t piss these guys off. Ted says “check it out”.
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