YMMV / Among the Living

• Complete Monster: Among the Living has musical incarnations of two of Stephen King's worst:
  • Title track: Randall Flagg is as monstrous as always. To show off his powers, Flagg releases the Captain Trips plague that wipes out most human life on Earth. Settling in the destruction he's created, Flagg uses charisma and terror to garner followers, a fact he takes pride in. With his faction, he roams the wasteland to slaughter anyone in his path, specifically crucifying his victims.
  • "A Skeleton In The Closet": Todd Bowden is just as vile as in the original novella. Growing obsessed with The Holocaust after learning about it, Todd blackmails his fugitive Nazi war criminal neighbor, Kurt Dussander, into detailing his atrocities to him. Initially having nightmares, Todd quickly grows to have "wet dreams" at the thought of the atrocities and begins murdering homeless people at a whim. After Dussander's crimes are exposed, Todd decides to go out by firing hundreds of rounds into a crowded freeway, gleefully killing dozens.
• Even Better Sequel: Often considered superior to both Fistful of Metal and Spreading the Disease.
• Sacred Cow: Hailed as a Thrash Metal essential, and anyone who dares argue otherwise can go get, well, caught in a mosh!

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