Dies Irae's sole album is an unusual record in that it starts off with a blues rock head fake similar to parts of Dull Knife, before launching into some creative heavy rock. I missed this originally, but I wonder if anyone else has caught a very strong semblance to one of Krautrock's most revered albums: Scorpions' debut Lonesome Crow. It's not as solid as the Brain label debut album, and does contain a couple of more straight up rockers to sit through. Makes me wonder if the Schenker boys hadn't lent an ear to First prior to waltzing into the studio for their debut album.
Ownership: LP: 1971 Pilz. Gatefold. Recent online acquisition (2024).
The original LP was also my first copy, having first obtained it via mail order (1991). It wasn't really to my taste back then, and since I still had too much to acquire, I flipped it quickly for something more to my liking. Glad to have it back.
1991 (first listen); 12/27/14 (review/new entry)
1991 (first listen); 12/27/14 (review/new entry)
Hi Tom,
ReplyDeletethe spacy floydish track "The Trip" I would consider a krautrock classic. Unfortunately the rest of the album is different (though not bad). They made a kind of video clip back then, which was apparently the first video produced by a band from the Saarland German federal state (Wow! :-) ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B38OQ98Wu4
Those were the days ...
Greetings,
Achim
Hi Achim,
DeleteThat is a great video! Thanks for sharing. Interesting about the history too. 'The Trip' is one of my favorites from the album as well.
Thanks as always, Achim!