Holy Moses

小簡介
這是一支老牌德國Thrash Metal樂隊，它的歷史比SODOM還長遠。成立于1980年的HOLY MOSES曾于1992年解散，但兩年后由于著名貝司手Dan Lilker（NUCLEAR ASSAULT和BRUTAL TRUTH）的促成，樂隊發(fā)行了這張本不該出現(xiàn)的專輯。雖然有Lilker的加盟，但樂隊的核心人物仍然是Andy Classen（主唱/吉他）和Sven Herwig（鼓手），所有的詞曲幾乎都出自這二位。而Andy Classen的妹妹（?。。。㏒abina Classen在專輯中也負責了一部分歌詞和第二主唱的工作，她的嗓音一點也聽不出來是女聲，簡直太酷了。而這三個人更包辦了專輯的制作、混音、封面和排版等各項工作，著名的Dan Lilker反倒成了個擺設，他除了彈一些貝司外，主要工作就是把這支解散的德國樂隊重新組織起來，因為這的確是一支不該消失的樂隊。說到專輯的音樂，很巧的是HOLY MOSES在這張專輯中除了Thrash Metal外，還夾雜了Hardcore和Grindcore的元素，這使得專輯的風格恰好介于NUCLEAR ASSAULT和BRUTAL TRUTH之間（或許這就是Dan Lilker加入這支樂隊原因吧）。專輯有的部分酷似80年代早期那些由Hardcore向Thrash過渡的樂隊，如D.R.I.、AGNOSTIC FRONT、C.O.C.等，充滿了混亂和短促的節(jié)奏；有的部分又很接近80年代末期的Grindcore樂隊，如TERRORIZER、NAPALM DEATH等，同樣具有快速厚重的吉他噪音和雙主唱的嘶吼。
Primarily a vehicle for Sabina Classen -- one of the rare female vocalist to challenge the boys' club that was '80s thrash metal -- Holy Moses burst into the international metal arena in 1986 with their Queen of Siam debut -- but, although the group has rarely gone away since (breaking up for a few years in the mid-'90s), it has never ascended above cult status. Holy Moses were originally founded in 1980, in Aachen, Germany, by singer Jochen Fünders and bassist Ramon Brüssler, and it wasn't until the following year that Sabina Hirtz and her future husband, guitarist Andy Classen, joined the fold. The fledgling metal band would spend the next five years working on its repertoire, playing local gigs, and recording occasional demos with a variety of different drummers -- finally hooking up with Herbert Dreger before recording the aforementioned Queen of Siam. This proved to be an extremely raw and uncompromising slab of metal-thrashing madness; musically indebted to bands like Slayer, Kreator, and Destruction, but primarily distinguished by Sabina's gargling-broken-glass vocals. A similarly voracious second album, Finished with the Dogs, followed the very next year and introduced new drummer Uli Kusch (future Helloween), but both it and its 1989 successor, The New Machine of Liechtenstein, added few refinements to Holy Moses' extremely inaccessible formula.
Still, aggressive touring all over Europe and even into East Germany had slowly expanded the band's fan base and enhanced its commercial profile so that, by decade's end, Holy Moses had done everything from performing at the Dynamo Open Air Festival to making a cameo in a major German TV soap called Ein Fall für Zwei. The fetching Sabina had even gone one step further, landing a regular side gig hosting a heavy metal show called Mosh for RTL TV. Unfortunately, all of these distractions couldn't help but detract from Holy Moses' recording career, which endured another handful of nondescript releases (including 1990's World Chaos, 1991's Terminal Terror, 1992's Reborn Dogs, and 1994's posthumous No Matter... What's the Cause) before ultimately grinding to a halt when Sabina and Andy Classen divorced. Sabina busied herself with other pursuits, but would eventually re-form Holy Moses with an entirely new lineup in late 2000, proceeding to record 2001's Master of Disaster EP, 2002's Disorder of Order LP, and 2005's Strength Power Will Passion LP.