Gwar – Scumdogs Of The Universe (1990)

November 10, 2024

An improvement in every possible way from Hell-O. Scumdogs of the Universe has a prominent bass backbone; the rhythm section of this thing is tight as fuck, and the production is very similar to a lot of crossover thrash stuff from that era. Whilst leaning far more metal than their previous effort, Gwar’s Scumdogs… is of course far more than just a “crossover” album. There are some absolute classics here, the intro hat trick culminating in “Sick Of You”; there’s also “Horror Of Yig” and “Vlad The Impaler”, all very strong tracks. Running at 51 minutes however there are a few tracks that are perhaps just on the wrong side of “OK”, but otherwise this is a solid record from Gwar.