Like: Sadus, Coroner, Celtic Frost
Label: n/a
Adjectives: Eerie, Harrowing, Disturbing
Description: Tankist, a metal band founded in Estonia in 2013, is known for fearlessly delving into the various aspects of classic thrash metal, infusing it with a more extreme metal edge by incorporating elements from death and black metal. Commandant's Orders stands out as a particularly experimental track featured on their concept album, addressing the grim subject of Soviet forced labor camps.
Taking inspiration from the haunting history of the R504 Kolyma Highway, also known as the Road of Bones, the song narrates the tragic and unique tale of the countless GULAG laborers who perished during the construction of this road. Allegedly, their remains were placed beneath or in the vicinity of the highway due to the impracticality of digging individual graves in the permafrost.
