KONKHRA — Weed Out the Weak

MetalMusicArchives.com — the ultimate metal music online community, from the creators of progarchives.com

KONKHRA - Weed Out the Weak cover
3.00 | 2 ratings | 1 review
Buy this album from MMA partners

Album · 1997

Filed under Death Metal
By KONKHRA

Tracklist


1. Heavensent (3:37)
2. Time Will Heal (3:50)
3. Crown of the Empire (4:31)
4. Kinshasa Highway (1:27)
5. Through My Veins (4:17)
6. The Reckoning (4:43)
7. Misery (4:19)
8. Backstabber (4:06)
9. Melting (3:55)
10. Inhuman (4:58)
11. Pain and Sorrow (2:00)
12. My Belief (5:36)

Total Time: 47:19

Line-up/Musicians


- Anders Lundemark / Vocals, Guitars, Lyrics
- James Murphy / Guitars
- Thomas "Gnist" Christensen / Bass
- Chris Kontos / Drums

Guest/Session:
- Tina / Vocals (female)

About this release

Label: Progress Records
Release date: July 7th, 1997

Recording information:

Recorded March/April '97.
Guitars, bass and vocals recorded at Take One Studio in Roskilde, Denmark.
Additional guitars recorded at Sound Temple Studio in Oakland, CA.
Drums recorded at Laughing Tiger Studios in San Rafael, CA.
Mixed at Take One Studio.
Mastered at Sound One in El Cerritto, CA.
Co-produced by Konkhra

Thanks to umur for the updates

Buy KONKHRA - WEED OUT THE WEAK music

More places to buy metal & KONKHRA music

KONKHRA WEED OUT THE WEAK reviews

Specialists/collaborators reviews

UMUR
Weed Out the Weak is the 3rd full-length studio album by Danish death metal/ thrash metal act Konkhra. A couple of rather spectacular lineup changes have occurred since the release of Spit or Swallow (1995). Drummer Johnny Nielsen has been replaced by Chris Kontos ( Machine Head, Testament, Exodus, Attitude Adjustment...etc) and guitarist Kim Mathiesen has been replaced by James Murphy ( Obituary, Death, Disincarnate, Cancer, Testament...etc). in addition to those two spectacular changes to the lineup bassist Lars Schmidt has also been replaced by new bassist Thomas Christensen. This means that only original member left is lead vocalist/ guitarist Anders Lundemark.

The music on Weed Out the Weak has shifted even more towards groove thrash than was the case on Spit or Swallow. This is to some extent still a death metal album but it´s not nearly as brutal as its predecessors. Instead I hear obvious influences from a band like Machine Head. A thrashy groove is now a big part of the sound on the album partially thanks to Chris Kontos but also because of the riffing style. The addition of James Murphy also means that there are many more guitar solos on this album compared to its predecessors. I wouldn´t call this his best performance though. Actually I quickly get tired of this new and less brutal change in style and while the compositional quality is high throughout the songs don´t really captivate me much.

The production is not as powerful as I would have liked. I haven´t heard the 1998 re-mixed version, so that one might sound better. This original version is a bit lifeless if you ask me.

Weed Out the Weak was a step away from death metal for Konkhra and while it could have worked fine if the songs were really exciting, my opinion is that it doesn´t work very well because the songs are average at best. An average album that deserves a 3 star rating from me. I´m sure there are fans out there who´ll disagree with me, but at this point I stopped purchasing Konkhra´s albums ( that was back then. I have since listened to all subsequent albums).

Members reviews

No KONKHRA WEED OUT THE WEAK reviews posted by members yet.

Ratings only

  • luanpedi

Write/edit review

You must be logged in to write or edit review

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

I, the Destroyer Black Metal
SVARTFJELL
Buy this album from MMA partners
A Sonication Technical Death Metal
OBSCURA
Buy this album from MMA partners
Hin helga kvöl Atmospheric Sludge Metal
SÓLSTAFIR
Buy this album from MMA partners
The Cycles of Suffering Black Metal
BURIAL OATH
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us