{"product_id":"v549-arnocorps-big-noodle-energy","title":"v549 - Arnocorps - \"Big Noodle Energy\"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlternative Tentacles Records is proud to present \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Noodle Energy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the new double A-side from ArnoCorps.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are bands that are funny. There are bands that are heavy. There are bands that build genuine community around a shared, joyful mythology. ArnoCorps has spent 25 years being all three at once — and doing it better than anyone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe premise is this: ArnoCorps are Austrian expat action hero musicians. Their ancient alpine folklore, heroic legends of survival, strength, and defiance, has been brazenly exploited by Hollywood and, as this release makes clear, by Japanese megacorporations. The band exists to reclaim those legends and deliver them the way they were meant to be heard: as Action-Adventure Hardcore Rock 'n' Roll. If those legends happen to bear a striking resemblance to the filmography and commercial work of Arnold Schwarzenegger, that is a matter for the press to foolishly debate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere's what is not up for debate: ArnoCorps is a real band, with a real catalog, a ferocious live show, and a global audience that has been showing up with face paint, camouflage, and smiles for over two decades. They have earned a perfect 10\/10 from the BBC. Kerrang! called them enough to leave Manowar sweating in their loincloths. Metal Hammer said they were the most fun live show you could imagine. Alternative Tentacles does not sign gimmicks. We sign bands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Noodle Energy\u003c\/i\u003e features two new tracks. \u003cb\u003e\"Alinamin Bui” \u003c\/b\u003eis the world’s first song sung entirely in Japanese with a ballsy Austrian accent. It is a driving anthem of encouragement, resilience, and collective empowerment, reclaiming a series of Schwarzenegger energy drink commercials as the battle cry it always deserved to be. \u003cb\u003e\"Cup Noodle\"\u003c\/b\u003e is something else altogether: a sonically cinematic journey through defiance and self-definition, built on the distinctive interplay of two bass guitars (one lead, one rhythm), that has become an ArnoCorps hallmark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe lineup for this record is a reunion worth noting. Original drummer \u003cb\u003eGellend Adler\u003c\/b\u003e returns alongside bassists \u003cb\u003eKarl Dichtschnur\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eInzo Der Barrakuda\u003c\/b\u003e, guitarists \u003cb\u003eErich Nagelbett\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eÖddum Kriegtroll\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eVielmehr Klampfe\u003c\/b\u003e, and the unmistakable vocals of \u003cb\u003eHolzfeuer\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a band at full strength, 25 years in, still doing something no one else is doing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mythology is the delivery mechanism. The music is the point. And after a quarter century of ballsy defiance, ArnoCorps remains one of the most singular, committed, and genuinely exciting bands on this label's roster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the power of Action-Adventure Hardcore Rock 'n' Roll. This is the power of The Greatest Band Of All Time. This is the power of \u003cb\u003eBig Noodle Energy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBig Noodle Energy is being released as a single sided 2 song 10\" vinyl record with a screen printed B-Side with the cover artwork. Available in wide release black vinyl, and in a limited edition Artist Version on Brown Vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlbum release Worldwide Friday, August 7th\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AlternativeTentacles","offers":[{"title":"10\"","offer_id":53017884197153,"sku":"v549-ArnoCorps-10Vinyl-Black","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/8940\/9569\/files\/ArnoCorps_BigNoodleEnergy.png?v=1781221179","url":"https:\/\/alternativetentacles.com\/products\/v549-arnocorps-big-noodle-energy","provider":"AlternativeTentacles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}