Beyond Hell is the tenth studio album by GWAR. It was released on August 29, 2006, the album was originally announced through the band's official website in February 23, 2006. Unlike the band's output since 2001, it is a concept album and a rock opera, centering around GWAR's journey to Hell as they escape from the attacking armies of humanity. The album was leaked in its entirety on August 1, 2006. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (980x960, 199 KB) Summary CD artwork for GWARs Beyond Hell. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its signature high speed and aggression. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... DRT Entertainment is a New York City based independent record label founded in 2003 by Derek Shulman, Ron Urban and Theodore Ted Green. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972 in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian musician currently residing in British Columbia. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Released in June of 2005, Live from Mt. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Whos Tommy, the first album explicitly billed as a rock opera A rock opera or rock musical is a musical production in the form of an opera or a musical in a modern rock and roll style rather than more traditional forms. ... “The Inferno” redirects here. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Overview

The concept of this album is the closest thing to a rock opera that GWAR has done since RagNaRok. Most of the albums after RagNaRok either didn't follow any plot, or followed it too loosely. The concept revolves around the band's journey to hell and their epic battle with the Devil. The album follows the sound GWAR set with Violence Has Arrived and perfected with War Party. The Whos Tommy, the first album explicitly billed as a rock opera A rock opera or rock musical is a musical production in the form of an opera or a musical in a modern rock and roll style rather than more traditional forms. ... Look up Ragnarok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Ragnarok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... “The Inferno” redirects here. ... Violence Has Arrived is the 2001 album by the band GWAR. It was released on November 6, 2001. ... After Violence Has Arrived, GWAR switched labels from Metal Blade to DRT Entertainment. ...

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Beyond Hell was produced by Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad (Who also provided backing vocals in "Tormentor") and Cory Smoot. The album was demo'd and recorded in Corey Smoot's personal recording studio (christened SlavePit Studios) with the exception of Dave Brockie's vocals, which were done in Vancouver at Devin Townsend's studio. Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972 in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian musician currently residing in British Columbia. ... Strapping Young Lad is an influential progressive extreme metal band from Canada, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... Flattus Maximus is a guitarist in the heavy metal band GWAR. He is known by his red face, white dreadlocks, dinosaur-head shoulder pads and reptile feet. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter...

The album is available as a regular CD or in a limited digipack format, which also includes a bonus DVD with various extras on it plus expanded artwork and a poster. The DVD features behind the scenes clips featuring a tour of the "Slave Pit" which is where all the costumes are made, and stored, as well as a short called "Meeting Dave Brockie" where the producers meet the man behind the Oderus mask, as well as mockumentary footage of producer Devin Townsend meeting the band for the first time. The DVD was produced by acclaimed metal producers Metal Injection, who included a bonus sketch of Russian journalist "Metal" Misha crashing a GWAR recording session. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... Slave Pit Records is the independent record label created for releasing projects by GWAR and related side projects such as Mensrea and Locus Factor. ... Oderus Urungus is a character, played by Dave Brockie, in the rock band GWAR. He appears as an intergalactic humanoid barbarian with devil horns and a meaty looking face, and always carries around a long sword named Unt Lick. According to GWAR mythos, Oderus Urungus is 28 million years old... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972 in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian musician currently residing in British Columbia. ...

Concept

Ever since the announcement of the release of Beyond Hell (Then known as Go to Hell), the album's main theme has been known. As quoted from an announcement on GWAR.net: "[Beyond Hell] concerns GWAR’s epic journey into the tunnels and caverns that honeycomb your world, a journey not only to escape their earthly prison “from within”, but also to find and confront this so-called “Satan”, who seems to think that he is a bigger bad ass than Oderus. Along the way GWAR encounter’s a bevy of demonic dickheads and hapless victims, all ready to die for your entertainment because they're all a bunch of assholes". Gustave Dorés depiction of Satan from John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan, from the Hebrew word for adversary (Standard Hebrew: , Satan; Tiberian Hebrew ; Koine Greek: Σατανάς Satanás, Persian: , Satanás; Aramaic: , ; Arabic: , , Geez: , Turkish: Åžeytan), is a term that originates from the Abrahamic faiths, being traditionally applied to... Oderus Urungus is both a character and an alter-ego, played by Dave Brockie, in the rock band GWAR. He appears as an intergalactic humanoid barbarian with devil horns and a meaty looking face, and always carries around a long sword named Lick (the name was shortened from Unt Lick...

The main outline of the album's plot is told in the lyrics, and it is expanded upon on tour by the band through skits between each song.

The story starts off with a theatrical introduction by a narrator-like figure, telling us of how the "drunken brothers" of GWAR sleep, unaware of the situation around them. The story then picks up with "War Is All We Know", telling us of the attack by the armies of humanity, led by the Nazi Pope on GWAR's antarctic fortress. And while the band manage to put up a defense for a while, eventually they are forced to retire as the enemy army nukes GWAR's castle, forcing them to withdraw to the underground, as is told in "Murderer's Muse". Nazi Pope is a disparaging term used by critics to refer to: Pope Pius XII, who was the pontiff during the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany Pope Benedict XVI, who was drafted into the Luftwaffenhelfer See also Hitlers Pope, a book by John Cornwell The Myth of... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ...

Lost, looking for a place to escape, they come across Jitler, a cross of Jesus and Adolf Hitler who tells them about how the underground caverns under GWAR's keep lead into Hell itself. Jitler agrees to lead them to Hell, however, they still get lost along the way. Balsac the Jaws of Death tries using the Hell for Dummies manual to find their way, while Jitler uses Google to find directions. Eventually, they make their way to Hell ("Go to Hell!") but find a very long line at the gates, along with a pig-like demonic police officer beating up people with a club. As explained in the lyrics of "I Love the Pigs", this demon used to be a corrupt policeman while he was alive, involving himself in drug deals until the last one went wrong and he was shot (despite this, the cause of death is said to be suicide by the authorities). This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Hitler redirects here. ... “The Inferno” redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Google Inc. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For the band, see The Police. ...

GWAR murder and mutilate the demonic cop and make their way through the gates of Hell, facing the Tormentor (in the eponymous song), whom they also promptly defeat. GWAR next come across the Eighth Lock, a prison within Hell keeping some of the biggest evils in the underworld inside (On tour, several demons are released from it and fight GWAR).

However, the battle isn't over yet, and their next enemy comes off as a parody of decadent rock n roll lifestyle, a drugged out demon of rock, named Toe Enamel who, according to the lyrics on the song "Destroyed", killed himself by overdosing on heroin. This enemy is defeated too, and the story then tells us the tale of a nerdy GWAR fan ("The Ultimate Bohab") who became victim of the band's antics yet remained loyal until the very end, committing suicide just to follow GWAR to Hell. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A drug overdose occurs when a chemical substance (i. ... Heroin (INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is an opioid synthesized directly from the extracts of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. ... Look up nerd in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

After all of these battles and obstacles, the band makes it to the palace of Satan himself ("The One That Will Not Be Named"), first asking him to open the door, but after getting no answer, smashing through it and calling him out. It is then that the main enemy of the story, Jewcifer (a portmanteau of jew and Lucifer, intended for satiric effect. He also resembles Gamera in some aspects at the live shows.) appears and fights GWAR, eventually being defeated as GWAR summons Gor-Gor to bite the demon's head off, allowing GWAR to conquer Hell. However, their victory doesn't last long. Gustave Dorés depiction of Satan from John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan, from the Hebrew word for adversary (Standard Hebrew: , Satan; Tiberian Hebrew ; Koine Greek: Σατανάς Satanás, Persian: , Satanás; Aramaic: , ; Arabic: , , Geez: , Turkish: Şeytan), is a term that originates from the Abrahamic faiths, being traditionally applied to... A portmanteau (IPA pronunciation: ) is a word or morpheme which fuses two or more words or parts of words to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... Lucifer, as depicted in Collin de Plancys Dictionnaire Infernal (1863). ... Gamera ) is a giant, flying terrapin-like creature from a popular series of daikaiju eiga monster movies produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. ...

Following the defeat of Jewcifer, the band finds themselves back at their destroyed fortress ("Back in Crack"), receiving a 9-ton crack boulder from Sleazy P. Martini, and pondering over how meaningless their quest was, as they were left with absolutely nothing but a ruined castle and the knowledge that their adventure at least "was good for some kicks". Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... Sleazy P. Martini is a character played by Don Drakulich in the theatrical heavy metal band GWAR, he is generally seen wearing a gigantic necklace with a dollar symbol, a large pompadour, a bright purple suit, and is often seen wielding a sawed off shotgun. ...

Characters

• GWAR - Main characters in the story, decadent rock band made up of alien war gods banished to Earth.
• The Nazi Pope - Attacks GWAR's fortress early in the story; though mentioned in the liner notes and featured on tour, there is no mention of him in any song.
• Jitler - Created by Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler merging "right at the ass", leads GWAR through Hell and can be considered one of the few characters in the GWAR mythos that is allied to GWAR without being a member of the group (others being the Bonesnapper and Scroda Moon).
• The Pig - A corrupt cop who serves as Hell's resident policeman, first battle in Hell.
• Tormentor - Fought after The Pig, not much is explained about the Tormentor, except that he is some kind of demon guardian.
• The Demon of Rock N Roll - A demon who used to be a drug addicted, decadent rock star. In concert, the Demon of Rock N Roll is Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols.
• The Ultimate Bohab - A GWAR fan who killed himself to follow GWAR to Hell and is actually an enemy on tour (as he would have been in life; GWAR is not particularly fond of their fans).
• Jewcifer (He Who Will Not Be Named) - Overlord of Hell, none other than Satan himself and the last enemy GWAR face in their quest.
• Sleazy P. Martini - Mentioned only in Murderer's Muse and Back in Crack, sends GWAR a nine ton crack cocaine boulder at the end of the story.

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Personnel

• Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) - Vocals
• Cory Smoot (Flattus Maximus) - Lead guitar, Producer
• Mike Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death) - Rhythm guitar
• Todd Evans (Beefcake the Mighty) - Bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar solo on "The One That Will Not Be Named".
• Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha) - Drums
• Devin Townsend - Producer, backing vocals in "Tormentor".

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Track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:00
2. "War Is All We Know" – 4:40
3. "Murderer's Muse" – 4:18
4. "Go to Hell!" – 4:46
5. "I Love the Pigs" – 4:29
6. "Tormentor" – 4:30
7. "Eight Lock" – 4:06
8. "Destroyed" – 2:24
9. "The Ultimate Bohab" – 3:53
10. "The One That Will Not Be Named" – 4:06
11. "Back in Crack" – 5:11
12. "School's Out" (Alice Cooper cover) – 3:23

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Miscellanea

• This album had previously been tentatively titled Go To Hell! and Greetings From Hell!.
• This album is the second (of two) albums not to have a lineup change in the core band from the previous (the other being 1997s Carnival of Chaos).
• For some reason, the album track listing on the back cover, the lyric booklet, and on the CD artwork itself show that "The Ultimate Bohab" should come before "Destroyed," but since the tracks blend smoothly from one to another (as indicated by a rainfall sound effect), this appears to be a printed typo rather than a track placement error. This is not the first time that GWAR has made severe typos in album materials.
• This is the first GWAR album in years that mentions Sleazy P. Martini.
• Beyond Hell is one of the two albums by GWAR to have no other lead vocalist than Oderus Urungus (the other being Violence Has Arrived).

• The Line "Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enters Here" from Dante Alighieri's Inferno is mentioned in the last verse in "Go To Hell!"