Review by JD on August 20, 2011.

I was not quite sure of what to expect when this band landed on my desk from this Hungarian Death Metal band Unfit Ass. In looking into the band, it seemed that they broke up sometime around late 1996 or early 1997, but thankfully they have issued this compilation of tow of their album.

This four piece outfit played old school Death Metal with injections of other metal like Grindcore and even some Black Metal as well. Combining harsh melodies with this attack of heaviness - these guys assault your senses with impunity. Far from being original, they still hold a little bit of an original angle that makes this album something more than the average Death Metal shit that is out there.

With fourteen tracks handed to us so we can have the pleasure of getting to know them, Unfit Ass. shows that they were a amazing young band that was full of fire and passion as it powers through the speakers. Songs like the riff explosion of 'Grey Souls' not to mention the impressive 'Hopeless' just solidify that this band can play, but also reminds us that they are not together...a good/bad sort of thing.

With the right guidance from a proper management firm that specializes in Extreme Metal along with getting the backing of a good label, Unfit Ass could have been there in the realm of fellow Death Metallers Carcass or even the mighty Obituary. I hope that the members are out and still making metal music and if they are not, it would be a waste... these guys did it right.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship:8
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 7
Originality: 7
Overall: 7.5

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

Review by JD on August 20, 2011.

I was not quite sure of what to expect when this band landed on my desk from this Hungarian Death Metal band Unfit Ass. In looking into the band, it seemed that they broke up sometime around late 1996 or early 1997, but thankfully they have issued this compilation of tow of their album.

This four piece outfit played old school Death Metal with injections of other metal like Grindcore and even some Black Metal as well. Combining harsh melodies with this attack of heaviness - these guys assault your senses with impunity. Far from being original, they still hold a little bit of an original angle that makes this album something more than the average Death Metal shit that is out there.

With fourteen tracks handed to us so we can have the pleasure of getting to know them, Unfit Ass. shows that they were a amazing young band that was full of fire and passion as it powers through the speakers. Songs like the riff explosion of 'Grey Souls' not to mention the impressive 'Hopeless' just solidify that this band can play, but also reminds us that they are not together...a good/bad sort of thing.

With the right guidance from a proper management firm that specializes in Extreme Metal along with getting the backing of a good label, Unfit Ass could have been there in the realm of fellow Death Metallers Carcass or even the mighty Obituary. I hope that the members are out and still making metal music and if they are not, it would be a waste... these guys did it right.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship:8
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 7
Originality: 7
Overall: 7.5

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

Review by JD on August 24, 2015.

Supergroups normally never catch my attention, or even hit my metal radar most of the time but I also believe that you never rule out the possibilities for everything. WAMI is an acronym for the names of some amazing musicians brought together for the simple task of kicking your asses really hard. (Doogie)White/(Vinney)Appice/(Marko)Mendoza and Iggy(Gwadera) is such a group.

Three metal veterans and a young six string phenom come together and begin the work of exploding the barriers between old and new metal- and end up making an album of pure and honest music is what has happened here. Old school riffs come alive with huge heavy melodies, hooks and lyrics that simply pop out of the speakers are what you get.

Songs like the brilliantly catchy "One More For Rock ‘n’ Roll" to the raucous swaggering "Wild Woman" combine 80’s inspired traditional metal with 70’s cocky hard rock and deliciously gravelly vocals which brings the one truth in this world: rock and metal are not dead. It is eleven songs of fun, diversity set to a vaunting beat and riffs that stick in your head for hours after the speakers had gone silent and still.

Think of the band you would have if you had combined the best of Deep Purple, Styx, Skid Row, Armoured Saint, LA Guns and Triumph… then upped the attitude a hundred fold… this is what WAMI is. This album really needs to be on everyone’s stereo or other devices to be played and enjoyed.

In short… buy it, DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 9.5 out of 10