The Berzerker was the first album of the band The Berzerker

The Berzerker

The Berzerker was an extreme metal band from Melbourne, Australia and was formed in 1995. The band's music, heavily influenced by older death metal and grindcore, can be characterized as a fusion of these with speedcore, and gabber...

. There is no human drummer on this album, but a drum machine

Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...

 was used.

Videos were made of the first two tracks, but neither of them were ever aired on MTV. "Forever" contains epilepsy-inducing imagery and "Reality" contains extremely grisly images taken from a medical school. The Berzerker frontman Luke says that the video for "Reality" was filmed in 4 days on a budget of $340.

Reception

• Allmusic  [ link]
• Kerrang 
• MMDI (Music Me Do It) http://www.musicmademe.com/reviews/show-review/12031
• Metal Hammer
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Track listing

1. "Reality" – 1:18
2. "Forever" – 2:41
3. "Burnt" – 2:53
4. "Pain" – 2:14
5. "Cannibal Rights" – 2:08
6. "Massacre" – 3:26
7. "Chronological Order of Putrefaction" – 2:48
8. "Deform" – 2:44
9. "Slit down" – 1:38
10. "February" – 4:07
11. "Mono Grind" – 1:01
12. "Ignorance" – 2:01
13. "Humanity" – 1:43
14. "95" – 3:52
15. "Ode To Nash" – 5:43

Released also as a limited 2-disc edition. Tracklisting for disc 2:

1. "Incarnated Solvent Abuse (Live)" – 4:43
2. "Cannibal Rights (Live)" – 2:06
3. "Deform (Live)" – 2:45
4. "Intro Commentary" – 0:57
5. "Isolated vocal tracks from "Massacre"" – 1:16
6. "Forever commentary" – 1:00
7. "Isolated guitar tracks from "Forever"" – 2:42
8. "Cannibal Rights commentary" – 0:31
9. "Isolated drum and sample tracks from "Cannibal Rights"" – 2:12
10. "February commentary" – 0:32
11. "Isolated vocal and keyboard tracks from "February"" – 2:02
12. "Burnt commentary" – 0:51
13. "Isolated bass tracks from "Burnt"" – 3:00
14. "Deform commentary" – 0:42
15. "Deform (Demo)" – 2:45
16. "Untitled (Demo)" – 1:11

Personnel

• Luke Kenny – vocals, samples, drum programming
• Ed Lacey – guitar, bass
• Jay – guitar, bass
• Sam Bean – guitar, bass, vocals
• Toby – additional vocals