''Total Brutal'' is the debut full-length album by Austrian Death Machine, a project of As I Lay Dying's vocalist

Tim Lambesis Timothy Peter Lambesis (born November 21, 1980) is an American musician and producer, best known as the founding member and lead vocalist of American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. He also had a solo/side thrash metal project in tribute to act ...

. The band and record are based upon

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' ...

and his movies. Tim plays all of the instruments (apart from guest solo guitar work) and performs vocals but "Ahhhnold" is billed as the vocalist.

Destroy the Runner Destroy the Runner is an American heavy metal band from San Diego, California, United States. Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying managed them for their album ''Saints'', and did so again with Jason Rudolph for their second album '' I, Lucifer''. H ...

vocalist Chad Ackerman voices all of the Schwarzenegger impersonations. The album was released on July 22, 2008. On the cover of the original release of the album "Machine" was spelled with two 'i's, while new pressings of the album have the spelling corrected.

Track list

Personnel

;Austrian Death Machine *

(of

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) – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, keyboards *

Chad Ackerman Chad Daniel Ackerman (born November 30, 1983) is a rock singer, songwriter, musician, writer, director, actor, and producer. Ackerman's debut as a singer/songwriter was on November 30, 2012 under the name "A Veil" with an album entitled ''The ...

(of

) – Schwarzenegger impersonation vocals ;Guest musicians *

Jason Suecof Jason Suecof (born April 3, 1980) is an American record producer, audio engineer and guitarist best known for his work with heavy metal bands such as Trivium, Battlecross, Death Angel, All That Remains, Bury Your Dead, The Black Dahlia Murder, ...

(of Capharnaum) – tracks 2 & 13 *Mark MacDonald (of Mercury Switch) – tracks 3, 9, & 16 *Dan Fitzgerald – track 5 *

Adam Dutkiewicz Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz (born April 4, 1977) is an American musician, recording engineer, songwriter, and music producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backup vocalist from Massachusetts metalcore bands Killswitch Engage, Aftershock, and ...

(of

Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast (band), Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joe ...

) – track 6 *

Nick Hipa Samuel Nicholas Hipa (born November 30, 1982) is an American heavy metal guitarist. He has performed with several notable acts. He is the current lead guitarist of Mire, and was the longtime former lead guitarist of As I Lay Dying. Background ...

(of As I Lay Dying) – track 8 *

Eyal Levi Eyal Levi (born May 22, 1979, Cleveland, Ohio).Emil Werstler Emil Werstler is an American guitarist and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee who is perhaps best known for his work in metal and gypsy jazz. In 2004, Werstler became lead guitarist for the metal band Dååth, whose second album '' The Hin ...

(of

Dååth Dååth is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta. Their music incorporates styles such as death metal, industrial metal, and some traces of gypsy jazz. History Dååth was started by Eyal Levi and Mike Kameron, who had been playing in ...

) – track 11 *Jason Barnes (formerly of

Haste the Day Haste the Day was an American metalcore band formed in Carmel, Indiana in 2001 and signed to Solid State Records. Their name is derived from a lyric in the hymn " It Is Well with My Soul" by Horatio Spafford. The band released an EP titled ''Th ...

) – track 15 *Sal Lococo (of

Sworn Enemy Sworn Enemy is an American crossover thrash band from New York City. Biography The band formed as "Downfall" and later on as "Mindset", a product of the extremely expansive and influential New York hardcore scene. At its original inception th ...

) – guest vocals as The Predator on track 15 *JP Gericke – additional guitars *Btown – fill in drums *Mike Catalano (of Destroy the Runner) – additional percussion on track 6 *Jerad Buckwalter (of Sworn Enemy) – additional cymbals on track 6 *Joey St. Lucas, Meggan Lambesis, Duane Reed (of Destroy the Runner) & Marc Kohlbry (formerly of Destroy the Runner) – group vocals on track 6 * Josh Gilbert (of As I Lay Dying) – guest vocals on track 5

References

2008 debut albums Austrian Death Machine albums Metal Blade Records albums Albums produced by Adam Dutkiewicz Albums with cover art by Ed Repka {{2000s-thrash-metal-album-stub