R.U.DEAD? -

R.U.DEAD? - ...COMPLETELY DEAD. - MAJESTIC UNION
Any underground maven worth his salt knows R.U. Dead? is a dead and buried band from southern Germany which kicked around the underground for most of the nineties. The album at hand is essentially Majestic Union's tribute to the band comprising demo, vinyl and MCD material from the act. Covering music composed over the span of a decade, ...Completely Dead is decidedly uneven. The closest comparison is probably Deceased or Terrible Certainty-era Kreator with the Germans combing a purée of death, thrash and doom into something sufficiently their own. Several very good riffs stand next to weaker moments, yet the ambience is clearly subterranean throughout. Chalk me down as an ambivalent one: metal historians and underground mavens might be interested; the average casual metal fan though can disregard. By the way, great play on words in the title!