Top Ten Ways to Kill Me
My favorite songs from the new 50 Ways to Kill Me album, Gnarly Deth Wish, which I reviewed here.
“Give Me Heroin”
#25. As ridiculous as it is (“So pass it over here/Shed another tear/Make it disappear/I do it for the chill/I do it for the thrill/I do it for the kill”), this song is actually quite atmospheric, perhaps being the most accurate representation of Jay Decay‘s talent.
“Leave Me in the Desert to Rot, For My Barbarically Excellent, Suicidal and Bloodthirsty Escapade of Hellish Deth Has Now Ended…”
#50. This duet with Kelly Burding begins as an ominous track in the vein of Led Zeppelin‘s “No Quarter” before the other instruments join in at the end.
“Sand Down My Slap-Bracelet So When I Go to Slap It onto My Wrist, My Hand Gets Cut Off and My Own Hand Flips Me the Middle Finger as I Perish”
#43. Perhaps the most Damaged-era Black Flag-inspired track on the album.
“Pay for My College so that I Become a Most Triumphantly Wise and Skilled Doctor, Then When I Perform Abortions, Radical Pro-lifers Hunt Me Down and Slay Me”
#48. The ominous keyboard/bass intro leads to a catchy punk rock riff.
“Build Me a Car with a Keyboard and Mouse Instead of a Steering Wheel so that I Drive Through a Carpal Tunnel”
#39. The main riff of the song almost sounds like metal-ized gypsy music.
“Tie Me to the Train Tracks so a Most Unearthly Choo Choo Train Comes and Splits My Body Causing My Intestines to Stretch for Miles”
#41. Just a finely crafted and executed song.
“Decapitate Me, Hollow out My Head, Put a Candle in It, and Put It on Your Door Step on Halloween”
#49. It’s about as Death Rock as 50WTKM gets.
“Cut Down a Jumbo Redwood Tree Right Next to Me”
#12. Oddly enough, it references Stacey Q‘s “Two of Hearts.”
“Put an Awesome CD on so that I Headbang so Hard My Head Snaps Off My Neck Like a Pencil”
#5. Very much an homage to the NWOBHM.
“Put Me in a Gnarly Spaceship and Send Me to Planet Kron Von so I Get Attacked by Dorkords and Gluegords”
#16. I can’t help but love the black metal chorus.
