'Hungary have a bunch of new heroes here' - írta az angol Metal Hammer, és 7/8 csillaggal jutalmazta a Music For Animalst. Kellemes meglepetés. Mindenki persze nem volt ennyire lelkes, a Kerrang például három K betűt adott (ötből talán?), és azt mondják, kiszámítható a zene a korábbiakhoz képest. A Rock Sound szerint öt pont jár (hogy mennyiből, azt nem tudjuk), a Powerplaynek viszont megint lehet örülni, 7/8 pont és nagyon kedves szavak. A netes kritikák átlaga 8/10, és itt tulajdonképpen eddig nagyjából mindenki szerette az anyagot. Köszönjük, örülünk neki. Az alábbiakban összegyűjtöttük azokat az írásokat, amikről tudunk, ha valaki beleütközik olyanba, amit itt nem lát, kommenteljen, vagy tudassa velünk bárhogy.

Metal Hammer UK (7/8)

Name your top 10 Hungarian metal bands. Tough one, eh? Superbutt will help start you off. Despite the band having been around over a decade, frontman András Vörös is the only original member. That the rest of the band arrived in the last three years doesn't seem to have hindered progress, however, as Music For Animals is a ferociously cohesive album. Cleaver starts with pulsing riffs and gruff vocals, and the faster paced Natasha is filled with guitar solos and melodic vocals that will appeal to fans of bands like Kvelertak and Wolves Like Us. Evil Blues breaks down into groovy Lamb Of God-like riffs with vocals that are part Danzig and part Neil Fallon, a combination that has familiarity without being derivative. Revolting Kids brings a change in vocal style as András sings cleanly in a mid-tempo track before returning to his crotchety growl. With ...Animals Superbutt has an album that sounds current but is steeped in quality. Hungary have a new bunch of heroes here. (Raziq Rauf)
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Kerrang (KKK)
Hungarian metallers bring the groove and a big blunt club!

On previous outings Superbutt have displayed an almost schizophrenic sense of adventure, starting with a base of solid riffage but throwing in System Of A Down-style sinuous twists while singer András Vörös performed vocal acrobatics. Following major line up changes, the new-look outfit have retained the sheer weightiness but now it runs (or, more accurately, lumbers) down a far straighter channel. There are plenty of jagged thrash riffs but they generally serve to usher in crushing, straightforward mid-paced grooves. András, too, plays it straight, sounding like a moderately irate bear. This suits the momentum of the songs but for all their blunt effectiveness, there's an unfortunate sense of predictability they've never suffered from before. (Paul Travers)
For fans of: Five Finger Death Punch, Clutch / Download: Evil Blues
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Rock Sound (5)

These Hungarian metallers have been knocking about for ages now, and while previous incarnations demonstrated some unforgivable funk moments, things seem more focused with a new line up now in place. Whether welding Meshuggah riffing and spuming guitar frottage to their glooping grooves is an honest progression or testament to an altered musical climate is up for debate, but it certainly does more to showcase Vörös' gruffly operatic vocals than the painful nu metal chaff of yore. The results are thick, grooving and cheesy as all fuck - an acquired taste, but you know deep down whether you want it or not. (Alex Deller)
For fans of: Pulkas, System Of A Down, Pantera, Hatebreed
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Powerplay (7/8)

Superbutt's latest album sees yet more doors revolve in the band's line up, with the brutal vocal force that is András Vörös remaining as the clear commonality and mainstay of the group. And yet, despite the personnel change, Superbutt haven't lost an ounce of their intensity or distinctive sound on 'Music For Animals'. Arguably heavier and darker than predecessor 'You And Your Revolution', 'Music For Animals' comes across as slightly more serious. Still present are the poundingly heavy riffs juxtaposed with a slightly off-kilter sense of melody (the child-like vocals of Revolting Kids provide a good example of this) but there are many more moments that are sure to bludgeon the ears of those attuned to the heavier stuff. Even Ugly Head, probably the most melodic cut on the album due to its charming chorus, revels in its unsettling verse riffs. With 'Music For Animals' Superbutt show that they know what they are doing; they have a very individual sound and, more importantly, write engaging music within it. 'Music For Animals' is simply a very natural progression of this ever burgeoning band. (Sam Khaneka)
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Deadpress.co.uk (8/10)

As far as modern metal music goes, there seems to be a lack originality these days. With many bands churning out the same album over and over again, and many not seeming to be trying to push themselves creatively. However, Superbutt seem to be an exception to this. They’ve repeatedly put out albums that have a different sound, and they always bring out an album more dynamic and creative than the preceding one.
On ‘Music For Animals’, their most recent outing, Superbutt seem to have found their perfect sound. As album opener ‘Cleaver’ kicks in, we’re drawn in straight away by the swelling guitars that build straight into the chorus of the song. The song’s chugging guitars end at the perfect time, just as it feels it could get boring if the song carried on longer. Second song ‘Best Plays’ is more of the same, whilst sounding totally different to the first song, showing that Superbutt can make songs simple and easy, whilst still making the songs sound different and make them stand out when listening to the album in full.
As the album progresses, we’re treated to more of the same blistering, pounding songs, all with different twists that keep you wanting to hear more and see what else the band have up their sleeve. ‘Natasha’ seems to show the more emotional side of the band. The song sounds as though it was written about an ex-girlfriend, and the singers feelings of upset as she left him.
Towards the end of the album, the band show no sign of slowing anything down, still providing angst filled songs, and guitar riffs that even metal icons like Metallica would hear and say “Why the fuck didn’t we think of one like that?!” Overall, an excellent album and a must have for any metal fan, or anybody who likes fast paced music with meaning. The album is well structured and shows that original music is still being made today. In just two words, this album is fucking incredible. (David Evans)
http://www.deadpress.co.uk/10258/album-superbutt-music-for-animals/

Mass Movement

Wow, that was unexpected. To be honest, I don’t know what I was expecting, but I know that I certainly didn’t think that I’d end up being seized by an uncontrollable desire to dance, and thus end up thrashing around my lounge, spilling me coffee everywhere. Superbutt hit you like a freight train, like Life Of Agony playing tag with Kyuss and Demonspeed, ramming their metal heavy groove core straight down your throat, force feeding their tunes to you until they’re all you want to listen to. Soon as you press play, you’ll be instantly converted. Resistance is futile… (Tim Mass Movement)
http://www.massmovement.co.uk/wordpress/?p=14169#more-14169

Metal Team UK

This music reviewing lark is a strange but rewarding one, allowing as it does for me to sample music from all over the world. A quick look through my ever growing collection of CD’s and legal downloads (the only type I and MTUK endorse folks!), shows that whilst the majority of acts hail from the UK or US, there are still hundreds from further abroad, including, but not limited to, Germany, Australasia, the Nordic lands, and even Japan. However, I couldn’t spot any from Hungary, but that is now remedied thanks to that nation’s Superbutt with what is apparently their fifth album, ‘Music For Animals’. A quick bit of research on this new fangled interweb shows that this is arguably a pivotal release for the band, as barring vocalist and founder Andras Voros, it debuts an entirely new line up. Well, not knowing their history or prior products, I feel it is my duty to review the CD on its own merits.
Opener ‘Cleaver’ in many ways sets the tone for the whole album, cutting in with a massively hook laden guitars and a groovy bass line, all playing over repeated verses and choruses so redolent of nu-metal. This modern approach continues in ‘Best Plays’ where double kick drum breaks mix with harmonised chant along vocals, almost precision designed to appeal to the Five Finger Death Punch crowd. A dash of thrash joins the mix in the breakneck opening of ‘Natasha’, a tale of lust for a vampire, whilst there is more then a hint of Disturbed in ‘Of This Gloom’ and the heavily effects laden guitars.
Superbutt move away from this formula for a while in ‘Ugly Head’ where hints of hardcore and punk surface as the vocals wander away from the beat and the drums skins get an angry pounding, but the clean sound is swiftly back for ‘Evil Blues’, a track that true to its name has a nicely bluesy solo before the song builds up layer after layer into a massive crescendo ending.
This is thoroughly modern metal, with a clean, well produced sound at odds with the lo-fi effect that so many retro acts are going for at the moment. Superbutt is a band I could well imagine playing to festival crowds with their easy to get into sound, a sound they achieve without the reliance on samples and keys that so many nu-metal acts pepper their songs with. (Spenny Bullen)
http://www.metalteamuk.net/jan12reviews/cdreviews-superbutt.htm

Planet Loud (8/10)

Well, that was a pleasant surprise.
You’d be forgiven for approaching an album called ‘Music For Animals’ by a band with a name like Superbutt with a fair amount of trepidation as you dread being greeted by songs draped in toilet humour and sex puns in the style of Bloodhound Gang. Thankfully, the Hungarian quintet’s musical approach couldn’t be more sincere if it tried. A sumptuously-produced offering, ‘Music For Animals’ draws on influences as wide-ranging as Black Stone Cherry’s southern rock groove, the hard-hitting metal punch of Machine Head and the melodic sensibilities of Clutch; singer András Vörös sounding like a finely-tuned blend of Rob Zombie and Pepper James Keenan. The album is littered with changes of pace and tone, switching from fast-paced blasts on ‘Of This Gloom’ to more grandiose, almost bleak melodies of ‘Revolting Kids’ and, most importantly, it’s done utterly seamlessly and in a way that so many acts can only aspire to. Each of the band’s members adds lashings of individual excellence to a collectively well-woven record that, with the right backing, could propel Superbutt to greater things. A classic it may not be and, admittedly, there is a nagging element of repetition to the songs that the band would do well to cast aside in future. However, when Superbutt focus their overt creative abilities, the results are little short of astounding – album closer ‘The Murder Of Socrates’ typifying this sentiment perfectly.
Remember the name. As if you could forget. (Adam Starkey)
http://www.planet-loud.com/blog/superbutt-music-for-animals/

Metaltalk.net

Apparently 'Music For Animals' will force the world to take notice. Sorry chaps but no it won't. But it did rock out half of Cornwall.
Superbutt are a Hungarian Heavy Mmetal band with a singer who sounds like he gargles hog piss and a preference for stoner rock with pace. They could feasibly be grouped in with the likes of Clutch, Southern Whisky Rebellion and Texas Hippie Coalition. 'Music For Animals' is their forth album and is as heavy as fuck and in fact there are parts that are so heavy they loosened the wheel nuts on the work's van. Apparently it is a double album too, but I only got disc one so it will be that that gets worked over. There is free bonus material at www.superbutt.net.
The problem with this album is that it sounds too samey. I like albums to be given their head and allowed to find and keep a groove but not the same bloody one all the way through. There is a tendency for the album tracks to blend into each other after a while and this is only remedied by the last track, 'The Murder Of Socrates' with its laid mid section but even here they can't stay out of the rut for long.
The quality is good as is the production but the occasional acoustic interludes, as on 'Out Of Reach', are way too few and far between to make a difference so this forty minute album seems to drone on for much longer. The shame of it is that you can hear the album wants to go off elsewhere but the band keep dragging it back to the straight and narrow. 'Music For Animals' is alright and does exactly what it says on the tin, which is no bad thing but it's time to change I think. If Superbutt wish to elevate their next record beyond being just alright, they must inject a bit of depth and variety. Sticking to a groove is all very well but sooner or later they'll end up in a rut and ground out.
Good try though. (Phil Kane)
http://metaltalk.net/columns/20102715.php

Subba Cultcha (7/10)
Hungarian groovemetallers defy line-up changes to produce another solid release.

Superbutt isn’t exactly the most inviting of band names; for me it evokes the image of an outdated and shoddy nu-metal band who belong along side similar cringe-worthy monikers like Hooberstank and Five Finger Death Punch. Thankfully though, a listen to the Hungarian five pieces’ Music for Animals proves itself to be a much more worthwhile purchase then the band name might suggest.
Opener 'Cleaver' showcases the heavy yet accessible sound which permeates throughout Music for Animals. The relentless guitars have an underlying groove which acts both as a nod to Superbutt’s Stoner Rock influences and ensures that the punishing drum beats are tempered by some dirty and danceable riffs. Cleaver is a huge song courtesy of the epic vocal skills displayed by frontman Andras Voros. He manages to inject every hook with an urgency and energy not unlike the throat straining intensity of metal god Bruce Dickenson. The centre piece of Music for Animals is undeniably this almost operatic battle cry that Voros unleashes with the grandeur and authenticity that only European bands seem to truly master.
More of the same follows with 'Best Plays' where the chugging guitars really come into their own with parts that even teeter on breakdown territory. This is a thoroughly modern metal album which mercilessly throws a wide range of influences into the melting pot. There are small glimpses of hardcore and punk which are bundled up into a polished and well produced metal package. Elsewhere on 'The Devil You Run With' Voros lets rip with some subtle black metal influences with a smattering of snarling growls. He then takes on a rock n’ roll vibe on the vampiric 'Natasha' which compliments the southern rock inspired guitars and makes the band sound something along the lines of a nu-metal Clutch.
Unfortunately though Music for Animals does have its downsides as around about half way, on track 'Out of Reach', the whole thing seems to run out of steam somewhat and falls into a droning repetition which Superbutt stay rather comfortable with for the rest of the release. An exception to this is the pounding 'Ugly Head' which completely switches pace to fist in the air aggression. Ironically though the song ends with a sample of a quote from Monty Python’s Flying Circus; ‘I have a terrible feeling of déjà vu’. And indeed what follows is three more tracks which sounds a lot like what we’ve heard before.
If this was a debut album you’d forgive this lack of diversity as a band trying to find their song writing feet but with four full lengths under their belt you’d think that Superbutt would be looking to put out a record which mixes things up a bit and offers something increasingly different throughout. Overall Music for Animals is a solid release, far superior to many of the other run of the mill metal offerings we’ve had in recent years, but the boys need to think about expanding the range and diversity which they show promising signs of if their going to step it up a gear. (Emma Rochford)
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/album-reviews/article.php?contentID=27923