Retro Thrash Week Day 6: Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death

Once again, it's been a long day. I just narrowly missed posting an entry tonight and instead I'm going let someone else do the reviewing: "With the recent resurgence of thrash metal and the waves of new bands, there's a danger groups like Toxic Holocaust will get lost in the shuffle. Their latest effort An Overdose Of Death makes it evident that is not going to happen. It's old school thrash played fast and loose with ripping riffs and frequent solos.

Toxic Holocaust has a more ominous edge than a lot of thrash bands. Slayer is an obvious influence, along with other Bay Area groups like Exodus, Testament and early Metallica. There's also traces of punk in their sound. The songs on An Overdose Of Death are typical thrash, but very well played with really catchy riffs" -About.com







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Retro Thrash Week Day 5: Flesh Made Sin - Dawn of The Stillborn

Just had a long day and way too lazy to write my own description so:

"First rate classic aggressive thrash metal which recalls some of the biggest names from the 80's scene: Slayer, Devastation, Destruction, Kreator, to name a few. The music is fast-paced most of the time, with some nice technical touches whcih brings to mind another great band of recent times (not active anymore)- Hypnosia. This band is a fine addition to the thrash metal renaissance of recent years. " Bound By Metal


Same policy as always: You like it, you should buy it. If you like it and DON'T buy it, you're a total shitkicker.

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Retro Thrash Week Day 2: Gama Bomb - Tales From The Grave In Space

Fantastic Thrash Metal from Ireland that shouldn't be missed by anyone who's into the genre. This band is so quirky and fun that I can't help but have a good fucking time when I listen to them. Take equal parts Exodus, Municipal Waste and then add liberal amounts of Sci-Fi movies, Saturday Morning Cartoons, zombies and video games. This is some pretty geek-savvy metal and I gotta admire that considering most metal bands are more interested in acting hard or kvlt to care about having fun. While not terribly original, this recore is still a fuckin' blast to put on and thrash about to. Hell the band even offers it up for a free download on their label site. So I trust that after listening to this while playing old Sega games you'll buy it.

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RETRO THRASH WEEK! Havok - Burn

In honor of one of my favorite genres finding its way back into my heart I'm going to be doing a week long spot on Retro Thrash and Old School Thrash, hopefully relighting that fire or introducing you to something new completely. Fast, Fun and utterly Brutal; the albums that slide up in the upcoming weeks have quickly become staples of my collecting and I'd recommend them to anyone looking to have a rip-roaring good time.


Day 1:




Havok - Burn

This new band has distilled everything good about the Thrash scene of yore. Combining riffing akin to Death, Slayer and Exodus; this album is like taking a time machine back to the days of jean jackets, Nike Vandals and upbrimmed baseball caps. Impressive drumming lines the album like a velvet outline while the constantly riffing guitars march and shred through acres of bodies and artillery fire. Also a rare occurrance (for me at least) the bass player seems to be extremely up front, sometimes even taking lead position with incredible punk-styled melodies thrown in between hectic drums and soaring guitars. This album recaptures everything that was once good about Thrash Metal; back when Metallica wasn't producing whiny bullshit, back when Morbid Saint was melting faces and back when Megadeth still had that piss and vinegar. Download if you want to rock the fuck out, purchase if you want to help revive Thrash.

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