Time Signature Shark attack...

Genre: crossover thrash / grindcore

Fast, furious and funny, "Shark Attack" is a thrash metal classic. Apart from featuring the unforgettable opener 'Shark Attack', the album is full of extremely fast thrash metal songs, many of which are on the verge of being grindcore due to Wehrmacht's use of blastbeats. The riffing is fast and furious, drawing both on thrash metal and hardcore punk, and fans of high speed music are going to love this album.

The tracks are not too long, which is perfect with this type of music, where intensity is a central element. Had the tracks been longer, the intensity would slowly disappear like the air from a balloon. While musicianship is not really prioritized, there are some fast shreddy solos which betray that, despite the sloppiness in performance, the Wehrmacht guys actually were skilled musicians.

Wehrmacht was one of the fastest thrash metal bands of the time, and this is documented on this speedfest of an album. If you're in the mood for breakneck speeds and intense, but humorous, metal music, you ought to check out this classic.

Time Signature Munchies...

Genre: beercore (crossover thrash, really)

Operating at breakneck speed and injecting a double overdose of humor into their style, Wehrmacht made music which was chaotic, silly and very aggressive.

Most of the tunes on "Biermacht" are relatively short - I mean, there are thirteen tracks on the album, and the total time is still only around 28 minutes. Well, you do the maths. The short song lengths are quite suitable, as they encapsulate the intensity of the high velocity playing (there are actually a couple of blastbeats on this album, too, which were not too widespread in thrash metal-oriented music at the time, so, in that sense, Wehrmacht were ahead of their time), and, frankly, more than a couple of minutes of Wehrmacht beer-crazed silliness would probably be too much - I do like their seemingly unmotivated slapstick use of slap-bass every now and then.

The album is great fun and, in addition to the funny crossover tunes, there are also a couple of humorous fillers, like 'Everb, E...., Micro E', 'Drink Jack', and 'Outro' but, apart from 'You Broke My Heart (So I Broke Your Face' and the titles track, there are no really memorable tracks on the album, and "Biermacht" probably serves best as the soundtrack to a bingefest gone mad.