The raw base of their sound lies somewhere between thrash metal and gothic metal, but also included are elements of progressive metal, doom metal, baroque and alternative rock giving the entire disc a very avant-garde feel to it.
Tag: Thrash Metal
Thromdarr – Electric Hellfire
While I did think that the album was pretty decent, there is also a large feeling of it being a bit mediocre with nothing to really help them stand out against other bands with a similar style and as much as there isn’t anything to really criticize quality-wise, I can see why they have never managed to really break out over the last twenty years…
Hatetrend – Violated
When the band hit the groove, the album kicks some real ass and would have even the most persistent mosher feel the need to jump back in the pit, but when the band try and add some slow passages or melodic choruses it all falls down a little bit and the cracks begin to show…
Witheria – Vanishing Order
Gang vocal choruses, old-school death metal riffs, extreme drum blastbeats, black metal vocals and even catchy sections are all found within these songs while somehow still managing to remain thrash metal from cover to cover…
Bloodride – Crowned In Hell
Even though this BLOODRIDE are releasing their full length debut in 2011 and they play old-school trash, they aren’t a new band and the Finnish fellas that make up the line-up are all seasoned veterans of the Finnish thrash metal scene and have between them been involved with bands like LEGENDA, FAFF-BEY and SENTENCED…
Disintegrate – Parasites Of A Shifting Future
DISINTEGRATE play a very blackened version of thrash metal that combines speedy head-banging riffs with extreme vocals that blend between death metal like growls to black metal like screams. Yes the people that class this as a thrash metal album are pretty right on, but the closest thrash band I can compare them to intensity wise would be SLAYER…
Athwart – Trademark of Hegemony
Throughout the album I could hear various influences ranging from SLAYER to SEPULTURA to KREATOR to VOIVOD and even DEATH which makes for a pretty lethal dose of pure old-school deathy thrash metal that is uncompromising and never tries to be more than it really is…
Vicious Rumors – Razorback Killers
The interesting melodies and shift in rhythms have always been something that made the band stand out on their own and on this new upcoming album the formula keeps ticking like an old school clock who just refuses to die. Armed with lead singer Brian Allen they found a pure raw and capable vocalist that fits the mold of the band like butter.
Intervention – Growing Line Of Caskets
The three tracks available here are all excellent and show that the band are gearing up toward something pretty special in the future. Probably the main difference I noticed on this new demo was that the death metal elements that were hinted at on the previous demo are a bit more dominant here…