Tag: Thrash
Impiety – Ravage And Conquer Review
The first and last time I heard Singapore’s Impiety was on the band’s third album, Kaos Kommand 696, which was released almost ten years ago. Despite enough line-up changes over the past decade to make …
Prong – Carved Into Stone Review
Are my eyes deceiving me? Is this really a new Prong album? Guess I kind of lost track of them as Tommy Victor continued his work alongside Al Jourgensen and Glenn Danzig. It probably didn’t …
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist Review
Macht. Schnelligkeit. Simplizität. It’s easy to make the parallel between composers and engineers when Germany is involved. For years, mechanics all over the world tried and tried to discover Ferdinand Porsche’s great secrets of automobile …
Exumer – Fire & Damnation Review
Cult-classic German thrashers Exumer seemed forever destined to be a footnote in thrash metal history. Debuting in 1986 with Possessed By Fire, Exumer occupied a middle ground between the German giants Kreator and Destruction and …
Deathhammer – Onward To The Pits Review
Only in metal could one find themselves exposed to more than one “deathhammer” in a single year. On second thought, we’re a community that’s generally obsessed with hammers, so maybe that’s not such a crazy …
Aura Noir – Out To Die Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay It’s no secret amongst my metal-reviewing peers that I’m not the biggest consumer of thrash. I have an appreciation for a solid chunk of it, but the music just doesn’t …
Municipal Waste – The Fatal Feast Review
Seven years ago, Municipal Waste’s now-classic Hazardous Mutation burst out as part of the big thrash revival — “revival” meaning “popular with the kids again,” since thrash never really went away. Hazardous was exactly what legions of bullet-belted youths were …
Desultor – Masters Of Hate Review
Apart from the rather questionable choice of a name just one ‘y’ away from their semi-legendary countrymen in Desultory, and despite having a band logo that resembles a toothbrush cum torture device, Sweden’s Desultor impresses …