slayer show no mercy lp

sorry i haven't posted in a while. i blame love. more about that later. anyway this is my favorite thrash band's first lp. you can really hear the nwobhm and speed metal influence. a far cry from the later stuff but don't think for a second that i don't like it. it may be different but it still sounds like slayer. tom's vocals are a little more melodic than the later stuff but he still has a lot of power in his voice. the drums just pound relentlessly. quite fast for 1983. it does piss me off that slayer doesn't have any demos before this album. i'd like to hear them as a cover band. if anyone has some old slayer demos get in touch! anyway this album sounds like anthrax's amazing fistfull of metal just with more adult lyrics. already by then slayer was talking about satanism. it's no wonder why this album was an underground hit. almost 30 years later it still punches you when you hear it. or at least it does to me. i'm kind of a slayer fanboy anyway so what do i know? overall it very very nice speed thrash album full of great riffs and awesome lyrics. and actualy good production!

the insults thrasher go home 7 ep

are you ready for some thrash? not thrash metal just pure thrash. this is not the kbd insults it's the one from the mid 80s. this is the bands one and only 7 which was selfreleased in 1985. ultra fast thrash in the vane of d.r.i. and the like. pretty cool. i know mrr didn't like the guitar wanking on this release. personally i don't mind it at all. i don't think this was a serious record lyrically but that doesn't matter. i heard somewhere that a few members of this band went on to the sludge band jim jones and the kool-ade kids. if anyone knows more on the subject i'd like to know as i love that band. anyway not to much to say about this one. the mix could have been better but then again that's the thing about punk if you're looking for good mixes you're in the wrong place. anyway get this however you can it'll probably never be repressed

s.o.d. bigger than the devil cd

remember when people used to comment? man those were the fucking days my friend. well anyway i'm back with another review. after s.o.d (stormtroopers of death of course) recorded speak english or die they did nothing for 14 years apart from some shows and a live album which was okay. well in 1999, anthrax sucked, m.o.d. was doing nothing, and danny lilker had no band. so what happened? these 4 guys got back together and took one more crack at it. well? never gonna be as good as speak english so i won't compare. it seems as though s.o.d. were taking influence from groove metal bands such as pantera or even later anthrax. the resulting album sounds like a tough guy metallic hardcore album like later agnostic front. billy's voice sounds like he's triing to be really heavy and tough and the guitars and bass are downtooned. charlie can still play and overall the musicianship is great it just doesn't sound original. the jokes are still plenty. my favorite is celtic frosted flakes. i do love cf but this song is classic. also king diamond ordering at burger king makes me laugh every time. and the ballads are great. this record doesn't really sound much like s.o.d. as i know them but it's worth at least downloading. s.o.d. will always to me at least be most remembered by the crab society north demo and the speak english or die album but this makes a good adition to anyone's thrash collection. as long as you're not antigroove like some of my friends you'll do fine. now shut up and thrash! and for fucks sake leave a comment! i'm not getting any reaction over here and it's pissing me off. maybe it's a sign though

municipal waste the fatal feast cd

well first of all it's the 400th post for this blog! holy satan. thanks to everyone for directly and indirectly suporting this blog. the list is too long especially the indirect part. people who don't even know my blog exists have suported me just by being themselves. love ya all. anyway this is mw's 5th album. they're not on earache any more sadly. they swiched to nuclear blast, an old hardcore punk label that's gone metal. i hear sepultura is on the label as well. anyway i'm not the biggest mw fan.. i find the music fun but unoriginal. the 4th album massive agressive was kind of a yon in thrash circles. it seemed uninspired and more serious. so what do we have this time? the intro waste in space is a weird little number completely different than anything you'd expect on an mw album. then it kicks right into repossession and it seems like the band got back the old energy and humor. songs like covered in sick the barfer? haha. the production is perfect as always. the vocalist of nuclear assault makes an appearance on one track. the band seems to enjoy what they do and they do it well. dave wit's drumming is great as always. tony sounds like his old self on this one and it's quite cool. overall this is a pretty fun crossover record. the album will be released april 10th in the states and april 13th everywhere elce. you all should buy a coppy and get it on cd don't download from itunes. get this and bang your head!