Band Name: 7000 Dying Rats
Music Album: The Sound Of No Hands Clapping
Album Release Date: November 2024
Music Genre: Rock Non-Music Grindcore Comedy Experimental Heavy Metal
Record Label: tUMULt
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 24 Tracks CD Album
Grind pranksters congregate until they're much too loud
Comedy grind band 7000 Dying Rats made short work of Venom, Thin Lizzy, and the theme from Beverly Hills: 90210 on their last couple of records, frequent tour partners Anal Cunt got a taste of their own medicine on "Anal Cunt Is Gay," and a triumphant opening performance for Dio nearly got the band run out of their own hometown. These guys take acting infantile as seriously as Neil Hamburger takes his non-sequitur punch lines. No sacred cow is too tender to gore—or, in the case of the group's infamous backyard party "tribute to black metal," get butchered and nailed to a homemade cross.
Black Sabbath (via a banjo arrangement of "Paranoid") and KISS (the stadium-sized parody "Rock n Roll Weapon") get the typical derisive 7KDR treatment on Season in Hell. As usual, half of the fun comes from parsing the song titles, identifying the parody targets, and listening to hear how far the Chicago-Detroit collective is willing to carry a one-note joke. Tracks like "Grind Fluffer" and "Jesus Farted" require no further explanation, but "We Had 'Dying' in Our Name Before All Those Metalcore Cocksuckers Came Along"—which reduces the whole genre into one 20-second song-snippet—is unquestionably the band's finest hour. "We are totally bothered by our genius," explains vocalist Josh Diebel, the band's only remaining original member. " (...)
| 1 | The Queen Of Vermin | 1:38 |
| 2 | This Close | 2:02 |
| 3 | Strippers On Ecstasy | 1:29 |
| 4 | A Rat's Ass (Judas Priestley) | 1:05 |
| 5 | I Blow Shits | 4:06 |
| 6 | Open The Realm 2 (I Found 'Em) | 1:18 |
| 7 | Gangly Dominion Over Your Corpse | 2:47 |
| 8 | Lemur In Limbo | 1:24 |
| 9 | A Letter From The Gas Company (You're Fuckin' Dead) | 1:40 |
| 10 | Straight Up Comedy Grind | 0:34 |
| 11 | Make Them Die Slowly | 1:35 |
| 12 | True Warriors Of Metal | 1:47 |
| 13 | Gary Drug Abusey | 1:12 |
| 14 | Congressional Death Metal Of Honor | 0:30 |
| 15 | Uncle Tom's Of Finland | 0:50 |
| 16 | Lair Of Deadly Gigantic Scorpions | 2:06 |
| 17 | The Thought Bubble Above My Head Is Filled With Golden Rotating Shotguns | 0:36 |
| 18 | Warning (Guardians Of Hell) | 0:56 |
| 19 | Small Penises Work Better | 2:15 |
| 20 | You Carry My Jock Like The World On Your Shoulders | 1:08 |
| 21 | Don't Fuck My Sister | 0:52 |
| 22 | Paper Thin Lizzy | 5:52 |
| 23 | Cocaine Keeps Me Thin And Sexy | 1:15 |
| 24 | One Last Jam | 2:39 |
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