Violence Has Arrived
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Violence Has Arrived is the 2001 album by the band GWAR. It was released on November 6, 2001.
According to an interview with Dave Brockie, it was supposed to be released on Sept. 11, 2001, but Metal Blade wouldn't release it until November. What actually happened (according to Slave Pit Inc.) was that it wasn't finished (according to other official sources, they didn't even start recording the album until July, and the Dave Brockie eXperience had a tour in September).
Violence Has Arrived re-attains the brutal focus of their earlier albums. It is similar to Scumdogs, in that Brockie is now the dominant voice of the band again, and the theme is centered on generalized carnage. GWAR takes on more "medieval" themes this time around, such as torture ("The Wheel") and conjures up some truly ugly imagery in songs such as "Licksore", "Beauteous Rot", "Immortal Corrupter", and "The Apes of Wrath." "Biledriver" is about a fluid-spewing cannon, which can be seen in the "Immortal Corrupter" video and on tour; it has become something of a crowd favorite.
"The Song of Words" is the only song to feature the voices of Jizmak Da Gusha and Flattus Maximus, though neither of them are really singing. Nobody is really singing on the song (Beefcake the Mighty, Balsac the Jaws of Death and Oderus Urungus all speak, as opposed to sing). Technically, it is tied with "Jiggle The Handle" for the most vocalists on a GWAR song, though Flattus and Jizmak each have five words. Indeed, the entire album has a narrative feel to it.
Violence Has Arrived' is the final GWAR album with Casey Orr on bass, and the only GWAR album with Zach Blair on guitar. Blair left in early 2002, while Orr left shortly before the Halloween 2002 tour. "Immortal Corrupter" is the sole video from this album, and features Orr in the role of Beefcake the Mighty for the last time.
It's also the final album on Metal Blade Records. In a 2004 interview, Beefcake the Mighty (then portrayed by Todd Evans) would say that the reason for the switch is because Metal Blade had some European distribution problems, and they weren't being fixed.
The video for "Immortal Corrupter" is found only on the "Ultimate Video GWARchive," released at the end of 2002. The DVD features commentary from Brockie, Scott Krahl, Matt Maguire, Bob Gorman and Michael Derks, with special commentary from Mike Bonner for the video to "The Road Behind."
The spelling for "Immortal Corrupter" is incorrect - the word "corruptor" does not have the letter e. It is corrected on the back cover of "Live From Mt. Fuji." The video has it with the "Violence Has Arrived" spelling.
Violence Has Arrived was an album that the band enjoyed recording - "Everyone (except everybody else) was ecstatic when GWAR put out “Violence Has Arrived” in 2001—it marked GWAR’s triumphant return to metal, and the world breathed a collective sigh of relief that we hadn’t put out another “We Kill Everything”" (from a March 23, 2006 news entry at gwar.net) - and is still featured heavily on tour, be it in song or in theme.
Tracklist
- "Hell Intro" - 1:00
- "Battle Lust" - 3:02
- "Abyss Of Woe" - 3:38
- "Anti-Anti-Christ" - 3:14
- "The Apes Of Wrath" - 3:15
- "Immortal Corrupter" - 5:35
- "Beauteous Rot" - 2:55
- "Licksore" - 1:41
- "Bloody Mary" - 4:07
- "Biledriver" - 2:41
- "The Wheel" - 3:48
- "The Song Of Words" - 3:32
- "Happy Death-Day" - 4:18
| GWAR |
| Oderus Urungus | Flattus Maximus | Beefcake the Mighty | Jizmak Da Gusha | Balsac the Jaws of Death |
| Slymenstra Hymen | Nippleus Erectus |
| Albums: Hell-O | Scumdogs of the Universe | America Must Be Destroyed | This Toilet Earth | RagNaRok | Carnival of Chaos | We Kill Everything | Violence Has Arrived | War Party | Beyond Hell |
| Independent releases: Slaves Going Single | You're All Worthless And Weak | Let There Be GWAR |
| Other releases: The Road Behind | Hate Love Songs/Penguin Attack 7" | Live from Mt. Fuji |
| Related articles |
| ''GWAR videography | Dave Brockie Experience | Death Piggy | X-Cops |
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