Tag: Thrash
Children Of Technology – It’s Time To Face The Doomsday Review
At the corner of Metal-As-Fuck Avenue and Shit-Eating-Grin Boulevard lies the more humorous/tongue-in-cheek side of the thrash/crossover style, which for over 20 years has been giving overly-pompous heavy metal and self-righteous hardcore punk the enema …
Death Angel – Relentless Retribution Review
Nowadays I approach a new Death Angel album with a combination of the piqued interest of the old-school fan and the steeled nerves of those accustomed to disappointment. I came to this party just before …
Serenity Dies – Hacksawcracy Review
The Maldives is a small and scattered nation in the Indian Ocean, comprised of two chains of islands and atolls running north to south in roughly parallel lines—it lies approximately 500 miles southwest of the …
An Interview With Pestilence – The Quest for the Holy Grail
Originally written by Melissa Mercury. Hailing from the Netherlands, the influential death metal band Pestilence can be credited with creating the foundation for what death metal is today. Originating in 1986, they exploded onto the scene with …
Korzus – Discipline Of Hate Review
Korzus formed in Sao Paolo in the early 1980s as a typically feral Slayer-indebted Brazilian-thrash outfit. By 1991’s Mass Illusion, they’d refined their approach into a more controlled Bay Area-styled attack, and then by the …
Angrepp – Warfare Review
Don’t be fooled by the initial excitement Angrepp will bring you after their intro track, followed by cool machine gun sound effects, followed by some recycled Discharge riffs. Although Warfare isn’t by any means a …
Panzerbastard – 2006-2009 Review
So, first off, as you may have noticed, this band is called “Panzerbastard.” And, as you also may have noticed, that’s pretty rad. I signed up for this solely because of that radness, and I …
Hirax – Noise Chaos War Review
Californian thrash unit Hirax is a truly old-school outfit that never seems to get much attention outside the underground—they’ve been around since the first wave, alongside the Exodus’ and Metallica’s and the like, but they …