Ampeauty
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Ampeauty is the fifth album of the Austrian death metal
band Pungent Stench
. It was originally released in 2004 on Nuclear Blast
. The lyrical content is more fetish
-oriented than on the previous albums, with many songs focusing on acrotomophilia and apotemnophilia
.
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Pungent Stench
Pungent Stench
Pungent Stench was a darkly humorous death metal band from Vienna, Austria, which formed in 1988. Their last known lineup consists of Martin Schirenc , El Gore , and Alex Wank...
. It was originally released in 2004 on Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
. The lyrical content is more fetish
Sexual fetishism
Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the sexual arousal a person receives from a physical object, or from a specific situation. The object or situation of interest is called the fetish, the person a fetishist who has a fetish for that object/situation. Sexual fetishism may be regarded, e.g...
-oriented than on the previous albums, with many songs focusing on acrotomophilia and apotemnophilia
Apotemnophilia
Apotemnophilia is a neurological disorder in which otherwise sane and rational individuals express a strong and specific desire for the amputation of a healthy limb or limbs. It is due to hypothesized damage to the right parietal lobe, as the disorder has features in common with somatoparaphrenia...
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Track listing
- "Lynndie (She-wolf of Abu-Ghraib)" – 6:55 (the song, its name similar to the film title Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS, is presumably about Lynndie EnglandLynndie EnglandLynndie Rana England is a former United States Army reservist who served in the 372nd Military Police Company. She was one of eleven military personnel convicted in 2005 by Army courts-martial in connection with the torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad during the occupation...
) - "Invisible Empire" – 5:59
- "The Amp Hymn" – 6:04
- "The Passion of Lucifer" – 4:49
- "Got MILF?" – 5:42
- "Human Garbage" – 5:51
- "Apotemnophiliac" – 4:06
- "No Guts, No Glory" – 5:04
- "Same Shit - Different Asshole" – 4:39
- "Fear the Grand Inquisitior" – 8:20
Personnel
- Martin Schirenc – vocals and guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, production - Testy – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Alex Wank – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....