Tag: Thrash Metal
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation Review
Were did those 49 minutes of thrash shenanigans go? Sonically the follow up to 2019’s Infest the Rats’ Nest, but less psychedelic, and now without a doubt a thrash and speed metal record, and yet totally fresh. Drummer Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh has mastered Motörhead‘s Philthy Animal trademarked double kick grooves and completely steals the show.…
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Metal Church – Congregation of Annihilation Review
Is this brick-walled, overdone record really Metal Church? With songs that go from thrash to rock n roll, the Americans new work sounds almost like a different band. There’s a hint of the band’s 80s albums here but that’s it. Comparing to their later work, this is different but bland, and its no improvement from…
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Metallica – 72 Seasons Review
Load meets …and Justice for All with a twist of old-tallica and Death Magnetic. The new opus by the bay area thrashers is probably the most irrelevant record in their whole career mainly due to weak song-witting, long duration and synthetic production of the songs. The groovy-riff approach can be directly compared to Load (1996)…
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Necropanther – Betrayal Review
Necropanther walk the thin line between melodic death and blackened thrash in a sound that is best described by citing some of their influences and sound-alikes such as early Revocation or Skeletonwitch. Blazing fast and catchy because of the guitar work, both in rhythm and lead guitars, this is not as fresh as Xoth but…
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Toxik – Dis Morta Review
Combining technical thrash and speed with progressive elements and even power metal, Toxik‘s first new material in 33 years is without a doubt one of this year’s surprises. Despite a big modern production, there’s a certain old-school aftertaste mainly because of the Eric van Druten / Josh Christian’s guitar duo sound and the powerful yet…
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Kreator – Hate Über Alles Review
Kreator add a blend of NWoBHM and melodeath to their formula. The later was already present in Gods of Violence (2017), and while it arguably works injecting freshness to the classic act, feels like thrash predominant pieces such as the title track still work best. Those are reminiscent of the Extreme Aggression (1989) or Coma…
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Crisix – Full HD Review
Agents of mosh Crisix are back with their trucker caps and skateboards ready to make you bang your head and this time even dance. Their previous cover album Sessions #1 – American Thrash (2019) has made them more confident while replicating / evoking thrash classics. »Full HD« comes in 11 slices of well written but…