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F.K.U. (Freddy Krueger's Underwear), Sweden's Horror Thrash Metal Maniacs, has re-released their 1999 debut album, "Metal Moshing Mad" on Razorback Records!

A true underground cult classic in every sense of the word, this album pre-dates many of the current "retro" thrash bands and also helped to influence a few of the bands Razorback Records has worked with in the past as well.

Featuring a huge and crushing production job, catchy neck-breaking riffs, tons of sing-a-long lyrics, and a great love for all of the classic horror icons (Freddy, Leatherface, Jason, Frank Zito, Pinhead, Michael Myers)..."Metal Moshing Mad" is an album that is worth playing over and over again until your brain explodes from the ultra-thrashing high it gives you! WHAT A RUSH!

The re-release features new and incredible hand drawn and painted artwork by underground horror master, Adam Geyer (http://www.adamgeyer.com/) and will also feature the band's 20 song demo from 1998, "Beware of the Evil Underwear", re-mastered for pure head-banging fury!

REVIEWS: (more reviews coming soon)

F.K.U.
"Metal Moshing Mad" CD
Razorback Records 2007
Review by Scott Alisoglu, Blabbermouth.net

Leave it to Razorback to bring you the best in horror thrashing fun. Enter "Metal Moshing Mad", a remastered re-release of the 1999 album by Sweden's F.K.U. (that's Freddy Kruger's Underwear). Although the '80s slasher movies themes are brought out in full force, and in gloriously comedic fashion, "Metal Moshing Mad" is not your typical GHOUL/BLOOD FREAK kind of grindy death-thrash album. Rather, this is 100 percent old school, often EXODUS-style, thrash (right down to Baloff-esque vocals) and it is impossible to not have an absolute blast spinning this baby.

"Metal Moshing Mad" is 22 songs of chainsaw riffing, speeding tempos, crunchy grooves, and catchy choruses. The gang-shout choruses on songs like the title track, "Stomp and Shake (Crystal Lake)", "Beware (of the Evil Underwear)", and "Mosh Under Pressure" are immediately gratifying in an unabashedly fist-pumping, head banging kind of way. You will also hear several short, staccato bursts of S.O.D.-style mania, always punctuated with humorous lyrics and all-around tomfoolery. The Daniel Bergstrand (in conjunction with the band) production gives the tunes one hell of a punch without totally destroying the raggedy thrash vibe one gets from the albums of old, although in this case the treatment is tighter and more "professional" sounding.

Also included is the bonus 18-song, remastered "The Evil Underwear" demo. A sizeable chunk of it, in one form or another, you will have already heard from the "Metal Moshing Mad" portion of the disc. The sound quality is much better than one might think from a "demo", and rocks along with nearly as much force as the "Metal Moshing Mad" portion of the album. Finally, the new, painted artwork by Adam Geyer is outstanding.

"Metal Moshing Mad" is tailor made for all lovers of vintage, albeit somewhat updated, thrash metal. It is incomprehensible that any fan of the style would not thoroughly enjoy this one. Thrash 'til death indeed.

F.K.U.
"Metal Moshing Mad" CD
Razorback Records 2007
Review from teufelstomb.com

And here we got with the latest release on the venerable Razorback label. From the get-go, it's fairly evident that we are listening to some cross-over era thrash along the likes of Anthrax, Agent Steel or perhaps Nuclear Assault. This is basically one rippin' underwear wreckin' beer fueled thrash metal assault. Metal Moshing Mad is a remastered version of the bands' '99 debut, gussied up for the prom with a fresh coat of paint courtesy of comic book jerk Adam Geyer.

Those who like their guitars crunchy and loud along the lines of D.R.I.'s 4 of a Kind should get a kick out of this, while not getting lost in slick production that would mar later D.R.I. records, Thrash Zone being the bands' biggest thorn in my side.

I have always found that its' the singers who make it sound easy that make the most impact for me in this genre. I begin to begin to bang my head when a frontman who knows his place is able to bridge the speed and brutality of a song with a need for it to be catchy just enough to get a good circle pit going strong. Obviously dynamic singer and thrash sensation Larry Lethal has learned from masters like Rob Urbinati from Sacrifice. Throughout this release, we get to hear all kinds of great things, high piched screeches, random coughing, evil laughs and complete command of choruses full of catchy back up vocals galore.

I have yet to buy into the recent crop of nu-thrash bands that are emerging faster than the contact dermatitis that has suddenly begun appearing on my arms. I tend to sniff in disinterest at most new bands playing this style, but for what it's worth, F.K.Ü. put some legs to a relatively dried up time in history with pleasing results.

As an added bonus, Metal Moshing Mad comes complete with the band's Beware Evil Underwear demo. The band still manages to hold their own, proving that a lot of the power of the studio work can still be found in a much rawer recording environment. Indeed on the demo, the band hypes up their love for the Nightmare on Elm Street series between mad blasts of thrash.

I'm also going to give the band credit for their seven second opus "Beware! Part 2". I approve.