Yes, you have read quite right. Despite the direction the band-logo and cover artwork might suggest, namely Thrash, INEPSY bursts the listener’s ears with another kind of sound. City/Weapons is a full blast of dirty Motörhead-like Rock’n'Roll, with this band clearly being the main influence. Enhanced with the rawness of old crust heroes like Discharge and the energy of rough punk stuff in the vein of G.B.H., INEPSY create the perfect score for an imaginary action movie where at the end the hero snips his ciggy and turns away from what has been a big city not even an hour ago, mounts his Inferno Machine and heads into what will be mankind’s last night on earth with the glow of burning ruins in his back.
Accompanied by the buzzing sound of falling bombs, Invading City Weapons, a damn catchy instrumental, marks the beginning of the end when after that the first detonations hit the streets in form of the title-track. In the best manner of Motörhead INEPSY come along impelling, battering out slacking (Punk) riffs and quite melodic leads, every now and then adding short guitar solo passages for a fitting change. Chany’s throaty vocals add the mentioned Crust influence whereas his voice doesn’t really transport the genre-fitting fury and anger but sounding just way more mature, cool and full of a “so-fucking-what” attitude which couldn’t be more fitting to INEPSY’s music. This coolness really oozes out of every note of City/Weapons and even stays when, like in M.O.A.B. (by the way – a real City/Weapon in fact, just google it for a “bombing” result) or in No Order! Disorder, the pedal is put down for full speed. Did I already mention the brilliant Break The Chains with it’s “raised fist” fighting spirit? And in this manner I could go on for each and every song on City/Weapons…
With all these genius songs it also mustn’t be left unmentioned that INEPSY additionally have the rather rare feat of writing songs which despite all easy catchiness never wear off a bit but instead even grow with each further listen. That’s something you won’t easily find in many another band.
I don’t know how often I have listened to City/Weapons but each new run has both something fresh and also well known to it and there just are no wear marks.
Finally one song deserves a special mention - I have to praise the hardly believable The Last Call. This song has to be heard as words don’t really grab it. At the most one could describe it as the perfect song for really bringing the album’s atmosphere, that the destruction of the city was just the beginning of the end, to the final point. Namely in that way, that this really is the utterly last call. Get a whiskey, light a cigarette and the last one switching off the light with a final smile on his lips and the middle finger held high.
City/Weapons, as well as it’s more punkish predecessor (Rock’n'Roll Babylon from 2003) and it’s more hard rock influenced and slightly weaker follower (No Speed Limit For Destruction from 2007) is (are) really obligatory – there just isn’t more to be said.