Combat Shock (album)

Combat Shock
Studio album by
Swamp Terrorists
Released1993 (1993)
StudioCombat Shock Studio
(Bern, CH)
GenreIndustrial
Length77:27
LabelAlfa International/Contempo
Producer
  • DJ Killroy
  • Iron E.
Swamp Terrorists chronology
Grow – Speed – Injection
(1992) 		Combat Shock
(1993) 		The Pale Torment EP
(1994)
Alternative cover
1994 LP cover
1994 LP cover

Combat Shock is the third studio album by Swamp Terrorists, released in 1993 by Alfa International and Contempo Records.[1][2] A music video for "Pale Torment" was produced for four thousand dollars and televised by MTV Brasil and MTV Europe.[3]

Reception

Aiding & Abetting gave Combat Shock a positive review, saying "it's catchy as hell, heavy enough to attract the headbanger and with good enough beats to work in a club."[4] A critic for Keyboard concurred, saying "behind vocalist Ane H.'s snarling and gargling, STR kicks nasty but imaginative sequences" and that "power guitar samples dominate, but the occasional horn stab, light drum hit, or even shuffle beat adds an element of unpredictability to the din."[5] Industrialnation also issued a positive review, crediting the band with achieving a fresh take on a sound that "KMFDM has become so well known for, without sounding like a rip."[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Antener and Ane Hebeisen, except "Pale Torment" with lyrics by Fred Werren

No.TitleRemixer(s)Length
1."Pale Torment" 3:56
2."Cynic Forage" 4:06
3."Right Here" 3:44
4."Spawn" 4:39
5."Come Back" 3:23
6."P.T.S.D." 4:29
7."Liberator" 3:20
8."Pant to Injure" 4:19
9."Revelation" 3:39
10."Jerks Ever Win" 3:33
11."Right Now"DJ Killroy14:31
12."Come Back" (Edit) 3:23
13."P.T.S.D. (Back in Solitude)" 4:25
14."Pale Torment" (Hard 12" Mix)DJ Killroy6:19
15."Cynic Forage" (Unnamed Remix)DJ Killroy4:52
16."Hit' Em" (Justness Mix)Giles Keen4:17
1994 track listing
No.TitleRemixer(s)Length
1."Pale Torment" 3:56
2."Cynic Forage" 4:06
3."Right Here" 3:44
4."Spawn" 4:39
5."Come Back" 3:23
6."P.T.S.D." 4:29
7."Liberator" 3:20
8."Pant to Injure" 4:19
9."Revelation" 3:39
10."Jerks Ever Win" 3:33
11."Right Now"DJ Killroy14:31
12."Come Back" (Blot Remix)DJ Killroy11:35
13."Come Back" (Edit) 3:27
14."P.T.S.D. (Back in Solitude)"DJ Killroy4:27

Personnel

Adapted from the Combat Shock liner notes.[7]

Swamp Terrorists

Production and design

  • DJ Killroy – production, mixing
  • Iron E. – production, mixing
  • Stephan Rubli – typesetting
  • Sandra S. – photography

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
1993 Japan Alfa International/Contempo CD ALCB 840
1994 Czech Republic Master MR 0010
Germany Cashbeat CB 22
Italy Sub/Mission cdWHIP002
Portugal Simbiose BIO CD 11
United States Re-Constriction REC-011
Greece Elfish LP elf 014

References

  1. ^ "Swamp Terrorists: Combat Shock > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Swamp Terrorists > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Christian, Chris (April 1997). "Interview with Ane of The Swamp Terrorists, conducted via e-mail by Kevin Congdon". Sonic Boom. 5 (7). Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Worley, Jon (May 31, 1994). "Swamp Terrorists: Combat Shock". Aiding & Abetting (55). Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Swamp Terrorists: Combat Shock". Keyboard. 20 (7–12). GPI Publications: 25. 1994. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Dawn, Misty (Spring 1995). Valerio, Paul (ed.). "Swamp Terrorists - Combat Shock". Industrialnation. 1 (10). Iowa City, IA: Moon Mystique: 75. ISSN 1062-449X.
  7. ^ Combat Shock (booklet). Swamp Terrorists. Florence, Italy: Alfa International/Contempo. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)