Scarecrow – Flesheaters III (2013)

All the releases we usually get from Finland deliver high quality Metal music, but there are also the ones by very unique and totally weird bands. Today we have one that falls under this category, “Flesheaters III” by Scarecrow. Initially after observing the album’s art that features people with corpse paint, we expected some Black Metal…. and we were totally wrong. Delivering 12 tracks of ‘Horror Metal’ as the band calls it, this release features a very interesting and intense combination of Thrash/Death and some sprinkles of Black Metal with punk elements.

Opening with a very creepy atmospheric intro, the band wastes no time delivers a high-intensity Thrash Metal-esque riffing on “Killing Machine”. Things turn into a mixture of Thrash and Punk with “Undead Nazi Bastard” and “Eine Symphonie des grauens”. The band again changes gears and delivers the very Punk-ish “Night of the Butterfly Knives”. Up until this moment, the versatility of the band is quite impressive and makes things very hard for us to really fit them in any particular genre.

“Flesheater Superstars” has a very cool Death/Black vibe and a super simple and catchy chorus section that makes the song one of our favorite. In the same vein, “Skullfuckers” has that dark old-school Death/Black sound mixed with a very traditional Punk vibe, this seamless transition works wonders for Scarecrow since they are able to pull it off without. The Punk elements prevail in this set of songs, “Miss Halloween”, “Fog from the graves”, “Never Die”, and “Phantom”, adding to the overall weirdness of this very unique release.

Closing with the foul “Hands of satanic porn”, the band puts an end to this chaotic release on a high note. Switching back and forth between genres is something that Scarecrow excels at and it has the quality musicians to do it. In “Flesheaters III” the band shows that they are a force to be reckoned with their very fresh and intriguing sound, making this release completely worth your money if you like your Metal with some Punk infused

Release: February 1st, 2013

Genre: Horror Metal/Punk

Country: Finland