Total Brutal

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Total Brutal is the debut full length album by Austrian Death Machine, a project of As I Lay Dying's vocalist; Tim Lambesis. The band and record are based upon Arnold Schwarzenegger and his movies. Tim plays all the instruments (apart from guest solo guitar work) and performs vocals but "Ahhhnold" is billed as the vocalist. Destroy the Runner vocalist, Chad Ackerman, voices all of the Schwarzenegger impersonations. The album was released on July 22, 2008. Also, on the cover of the album, "Machine" is spelled with two i's. It is uncertain if this was on purpose or if this was accidental and the band just never caught it. Whatever the case, all new pressings of the album correct the misspelling.

Track listing

1. "Hello California" – 1:25
2. "Get to the Choppa" – 2:47 (Quote from Predator)
3. "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" – 2:23 (Quote from Last Action Hero)
4. "All of the Songs Sound the Same" – 0:13
5. "I Am a Cybernetic Organism, Living Tissue Over (Metal) Endoskeleton" – 3:34 (Quote from Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
6. "Come with Me If You Want to Live" – 3:46 (Quote from Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
7. "What It's Like to Be a Singer at Band Practice" – 1:18
8. "Who Is Your Daddy, And What Does He Do?" – 3:11 (Quote from Kindergarten Cop)
9. "You Have Just Been Erased" – 2:21 (Quote from Eraser)
10. "Broo-Tall Song Idea" – 0:39
11. "Here Is Subzero, Now Plain Zero" – 3:08 (Quote from The Running Man)
12. "So Far, So Good, So Let's Talk About It" – 0:42 (Reference to the Megadeth album So Far, So Good... So What!)
13. "Screw You (Benny)" – 2:49 (Quote from Total Recall)
14. "Why?" – 0:25 (reference to Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
15. "If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It" – 3:43 (Quote from Predator)
16. "It's Not a Tumor" – 3:16 (Quote from Kindergarten Cop)
17. "Not So Hidden Track" – 2:49

Personnel

Primary musicians

• Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying - guitar, bass, drums, vocals, trumpet, keyboards
• Chad Ackerman (of Destroy the Runner) - Schwarzenegger impersonation vocals

Guest musicians

Guitar Solos

• Jason Suecof of Capharnaum - Tracks 2 & 13
• Mark MacDonald of Mercury Switch - Tracks 3, 9, & 16
• Dan Fitzgerald - Track 5
• Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage - Track 6
• Nick Hipa of As I Lay Dying - Track 8
• Eyal Levi & Emil Werstler of Dååth - Track 11
• Jason Barnes formerly of Haste the Day - Track 15

Other musicians

• Sal Lococo of Sworn Enemy - 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