Wreath of Barbs explained

Wreath of Barbs
Type:	Studio Album
Artist:	Wumpscut
Cover:	WreathofBarbsAlbumCover.jpg
Released:	2001

Wreath of Barbs is a studio album by the electronic band Wumpscut. It was released in 2001. The album peaked at #13 on the CMJ RPM Charts in the U.S.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Opening the Gates of Hell" – 4:08
2. "Deliverance (Album Mix)" – 4:43
3. "Wreath of Barbs (Album Mix)" – 5:23
4. "Dr. Thodt" – 4:42
5. "Mankind's Disease" – 5:10
6. "Christfuck" – 5:24*
7. "Troops Under Fire" – 4:58
8. "Line of Corpses" – 4:42
9. "Hate Is Mine" – 4:27
10. "Bleed in Silence" – 6:00
11. "Eclipse (Kaelte Container Remix)" – 5:12

• The song "Christfuck" samples dialog from the movie Fight Club.
• The songs "Opening the Gates of Hell," "Mankind's Disease," and "Line of Corpses" contain dialog from the film The Last Temptation of Christ.
• The song "Hate is Mine" contains dialog from the films Con Air and Dune.

Reception

Exclaim! described it as a "celebration of darkness and foreboding" and praised "[Wumpscut founder Rudy] Ratzinger's talent for writing a catchy song", noting the presence of "several boot tappers that make you want to hit the dance floor", but warned that the album is "not for the faint-hearted" due to its "heaviness," which makes it "an exhausting listen".^[2] CMJ New Music Monthly said that it was an "epic masterpiece".^[3] PopMatters was far more negative, calling it "one of the most soul-destroying, nasty, nightmarish, and unintentionally comical albums of recent memory", with "phenomenally dull hooks" and "lyrics[...] which I guess we’re supposed to ignore (I hope)", and particularly emphasizing that the songs "Christfuck" and "Opening the Gates of Hell" were "as hilarious as their titles"; PopMatters did, however, concede that "Eclipse (Kaelte Container Remix)" features "genuine joyous danceability".^[4]

External links

• http://www.wumpscut.com Official Page
• https://web.archive.org/web/20050403185543/http://www.repulsive.de/wumpscut/main.htm Fan page with detailed information
• http://www.vexen.co.uk/alternative/wumpscut.html Fan page with details of albums

Notes and References

1. Orlov . Piotr . RPM . . 24 December 2001 . 70 . 744 . 18 . 23 January 2022 . College Media, Inc. . New York, NY . 0890-0795.
2. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/wumpscut-wreath_of_barbs

   Wumpscut: Wreath of Barbs

3. https://books.google.com/books?id=rCoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22wreath+of+barbs%22+wumpscut+review&pg=PA10 Wumpscut • Wreath of Barbs
4. https://www.popmatters.com/wumpscut-wreath-2496114583.html

   Wumpscut:: Wreath of Barbs