''Double Brutal'' is the second full-length album by

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vocalist Tim Lambesis'

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project

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. Unlike the previous album, ''

Total Brutal ''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 of the instruments (apart ...

'', ''Double Brutal'' is a two-disc effort; the first disc composed of original songs inspired by

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movies, and the second disc being covers of songs that can relate to Schwarzenegger movies. Upon release, the album debuted at No. 105 on the ''Billboard'' 200. As with ''Total Brutal'', ''Double Brutal'' follows a similar format with a guitar solo in every song, various skits featuring Lambesis and Ahhnold, and cover art created by

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. A music video for "I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots and Your Motorcycle" was made to promote the album. A contest winner of who could impersonate Schwarzenegger well enough was presented to be featured on the album. The winner was Timothy Benham where he was dubbed as "Ahhnold's clone" in the album's notes.

Track listing

Disc 1

# "Double Ahhnold" – 1:22 # "I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle" – 3:54 (Quote from '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'') # "Let Off Some Steam Bennett" – 3:15 (Quote from ''

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'') # "Who Writes the Songs? (The Real Bomb Track)" – 1:06 # "It's Simple, If it Jiggles it's Fat" – 1:44 (Quote from ''

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'') # "See You at the Party Richter" – 3:33 (Quote from '' Total Recall'') # "Hey Cookie Monster, Nothing is as Brutal as Neaahhh" 0:34 # "Who Told You You Could Eat My Cookies?" – 3:12 (Quote from '' Jingle All the Way'') # "Come on Cohaagen, Give Deez People Ehyar" – 3:18 (Quote from ''Total Recall'') # "Who is Your Daddy, and What Does He 2?" – 0:24 (Quote from ''

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'') # "Come on, Do it, Do it, Come on, Come on, Kill me, Do It Now" – 2:58 (Quote from ''

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'') # "Allow Me To Break The Ice" – 2:09 (Quote from '' Batman & Robin'') # "Conan, What is Best in Life?" – 2:29 (Quote from ''

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'')

Disc 2

# "Intro to the Intro" – 0:51 # " T2 Theme" – 1:13 # " Hell Bent for Leather" (

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cover) – 2:33 # "Time Travel: The Metallica Conspiracy" – 0:35 # "Trapped Under Ice" (

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cover) – 3:59 # "Iron Fist" (

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cover) – 2:38 # "Recalling Mars" – 0:36 # "I Turned into a Martian" ( The Misfits cover) – 1:28 # " Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" (

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cover) – 3:04 # "Tactically Dangerous – Cannibal Commando" (Goretorture cover) – 2:34 # "Gotta Go" (

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cover) – 3:12

Personnel

Primary musicians

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

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– Schwarzenegger impersonation vocals *Timothy Benham - Schwarzenegger impersonation vocals

Guest musicians

Guitar Solos on Disc 1 *Andrew Tapley of The Human Abstract – Tracks 2 & 5 *

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of Outworld – Track 3 *Chris Storey formerly of

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– Track 6 *Mark MacDonald of Mercury Switch – Track 8 *Buz McGrath of

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– Track 9 *

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formerly of Darkest Hour – Track 11 *James "JP" Gericke of Skyline Collapse and

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– Track 12 *

Rocky Gray William Caldwell "Rocky" Gray (born July 2, 1974) is an American drummer and guitarist. He is a guitarist for the bands Living Sacrifice, Even Devils Die, and Creepy Carnival, and the drummer for Soul Embraced, Mourningside, Machina, and W ...

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– Track 13 (First) *

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 ...

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– Track 13 (Second) Guitar Solos on Disc 2 *Mark MacDonald of Mercury Switch – All cover tracks Additional musicians *James "JP" Gericke of Skyline Collapse and

- additional rhythm guitar and bass *Jeff Gretz of Zao - all drums on Disc 2 except T2 Theme & Tactically Dangerous *Josh James of

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- Guest vocals on Track 5 of Disc 1 *Kelly "Carnage" Cairns - Backing Vocals on Tracks 6, 8, and 11 of Disc 2 *Dan Gregory - Backing Vocals on Track 3 of Disc 2 *Daniel Castleman - Harp on Track 6 of Disc 1 *Josh James, James Gericke, Justin Olszewski, Henry C. Hampton III, Lance Miles, *Dan Gregory, Josh Gilbert, Kelly Cairns - Gang Vocals Other credits *Mixed by Daniel Castleman *Tracked and Mixed at Lambesis Studios in San Marcos, CA *Engineered by Kelly "Carnage" Cairns & Daniel Castleman *Additional drum tracking on some of the cover songs done at Big Fish in Encinitas, CA *All cover song guitar solos and the "Who Told You..." solo engineered by John Helmig at Verse Media Studios

Films referenced

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'' (1984) *''

'' (1985) *''

'' (1987) *'' Total Recall'' (1990) *''

'' (1990) *'' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991) *'' Jingle All the Way'' (1996) *'' Batman & Robin'' (1997)

References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Austrian Death Machine albums Metal Blade Records albums Albums with cover art by Ed Repka