YEAAHHHH!!!! Here I painfully sit with a size 18 footprint planted on my ass from Italian-made boots worn by the unruly thrash band ULTRA-VIOLENCE.
These Italian metal men have forged heaping masses of bludgeoning aggressive music that is skillfully played and surprising in its dynamics.
The crushing riffage and manic rhythms bring to mind a cross between Havok and Warbringer, while injecting original moments of atmosphere and unpredictability between the thrashing insanity.
The song Frustration of Soul demonstrates these moments with highlights from bassist "Robba" Dimasi that fades into what normally would be a typical breakdown, but instead turns into a headbanging shout-along.
All members of Ultra-Violence shine in their music. Vocalist Loris Castiglia has a lethal delivery and Andrea Vacchiotti's solo work is as clean as it is furious. Drummer Simone Verre is simply amazing, working as the fuel to propel this engine of pounding madness.
Check out the tunes below and then go tell 'em "hi" on Facebook or Reverbnation.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
New song from VIOLENTOR!
Here is the beginning of something great. Italy's gutter thrash giants VIOLENTOR have released a rough mix of Better Dead Than Slave, a new song off their upcoming album Rot.
The song is like getting hit with a club wrapped in barbed wire, and it's a pounding that fans of this type of metal will gladly accept.
If you dig their first album, check this stuff out! If you're new to Violentor, listen to Better Dead Than Slave and then hit up a couple of the videos provided below.
VIOLENTOR!!!!
The song is like getting hit with a club wrapped in barbed wire, and it's a pounding that fans of this type of metal will gladly accept.
If you dig their first album, check this stuff out! If you're new to Violentor, listen to Better Dead Than Slave and then hit up a couple of the videos provided below.
VIOLENTOR!!!!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Internal Corrosion ROCKS!
If you're looking for Bay Area-style thrash with bits of crossover, check out the fist-pounding metal mayhem of California's INTERNAL CORROSION. Chunky gallops bound with killer metal riffage and vocals that sound nearly identical to Aversion's Christian Fuhrer has netted me in as someone who thinks this music completely rocks.
Yes, many out there in grumpy-pants land could label Internal Corrosion as just another unoriginal thrash band, but there are too many parts in their music that absolutely shine, making these guys bona fide genre ass-kickers. Hector, Internal Corrosion's vocalist/guitarist, has a dynamic voice that is freakin' perfect for heading a thrash metal band. On top of that, the guitar solos are great, the rhythm is tight as hell, and the production on the available songs I've heard is stellar. I love it!
Listen to what Internal Corrosion has to offer below and then hit them up here.
Yes, many out there in grumpy-pants land could label Internal Corrosion as just another unoriginal thrash band, but there are too many parts in their music that absolutely shine, making these guys bona fide genre ass-kickers. Hector, Internal Corrosion's vocalist/guitarist, has a dynamic voice that is freakin' perfect for heading a thrash metal band. On top of that, the guitar solos are great, the rhythm is tight as hell, and the production on the available songs I've heard is stellar. I love it!
Listen to what Internal Corrosion has to offer below and then hit them up here.
Kremated's video - Thrash Ain't Dead!
Here is South London's own KREMATED and their killer love letter to thrash metal - the new video Thrash Ain't Dead and it freakin' crushes!
If you don't know about Kremated, here is the description taken right off their Facebook page (because I am too lazy to form my own write-up today):
“Combining a genuine love of 1980’s underground Thrash Metal with a touch of East Coast Hardcore and old school Crustpunk, this is a no holds barred pissed off full frontal attack, and very pit-friendly, spanning the gaps between full-tilt Speed Metal, dirty beatdowns and punk rants. Imagine Exodus, Bulldoze and The Exploited having a punchup at Celtic Frost's rehearsal space."
I couldn't have said it better myself. Kremated is all-out fun, so check out the vid below and hit them up here and here.
THRASH AIN'T DEAD!!!
At least it better not be. After all, I have this blog to maintain and update.
If you don't know about Kremated, here is the description taken right off their Facebook page (because I am too lazy to form my own write-up today):
“Combining a genuine love of 1980’s underground Thrash Metal with a touch of East Coast Hardcore and old school Crustpunk, this is a no holds barred pissed off full frontal attack, and very pit-friendly, spanning the gaps between full-tilt Speed Metal, dirty beatdowns and punk rants. Imagine Exodus, Bulldoze and The Exploited having a punchup at Celtic Frost's rehearsal space."
I couldn't have said it better myself. Kremated is all-out fun, so check out the vid below and hit them up here and here.
THRASH AIN'T DEAD!!!
At least it better not be. After all, I have this blog to maintain and update.
Visiting that music world...taking that music trip
There are countless bands I like and enjoy their music. End of story.
However, there are a few bands out there, that when they put out a new release, I will live, eat, and BREATHE that new album. My enjoyment of the album goes beyond the music, although that is where it definitely starts. No, when these particular bands put out a new album, the act of buying and listening to it becomes a completely different experience than simply jamming out to some killer metal (although I am not opposed to that by any means!).
A few examples from my high school years include Sepultura - Arise, Metallica - ...And Justice For All, Megadeth - Rust in Peace, Danzig - both Self Titled and Lucifuge, D.R.I. - 4 of a Kind, Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow..., and Slayer - South of Heaven among many others.
Each of these albums were essentially little worlds for me to enter into and visit for a while. Each had a very specific feeling to them, and to absorb the full atmosphere of an album, everything about it had to be eaten visually as well as audibly.
For those who still buy CDs (and vinyl!), you know how it is after purchasing a new album which you have been lusting over ever since the record company issued out the release date. You get it home and go into your designated music area where you can be alone, just you and your new album. Off comes the plastic wrap, and on through the gauntlet of removing the security tape that lines the top and bottom of the secured jewel case. All the while you can almost TASTE the music.
Once you finally open the case and pop out the CD (which always feels like it's going to break in half the first time you pry it out), the music trip can begin. The CD goes into the stereo and out comes the CD booklet - an essential flavor of the music-buying banquet.
As the music plays in the background, the album cover become eye candy to be thoroughly studied over and over again, and eventually becoming one with the sounds pounding out of the stereo. The lyric sheet is poured over to memorize phrases as if they had been specifically written for the listener. At times we as fans would even find a way to relate certain lyrics to what is going on in our lives, helping us gain strength, cope, or enjoy what was happening at that exact moment in life as we listen to something that means so much to us.
I love that a particular album can set out to tell us fans a story with a combination of music and printed art and words. It causes a connection that is welcoming and eventually nostalgic, but always powerful.
Yes, now I am older and sadly have less time to connect with newer albums the way I did back in high school, but I still find those gems in the new wave of thrash that mesmerizes me just as much as the classic bands from 20-plus years ago.
Bands such as Tantara, Bio-Cancer, Municipal Waste, 4ARM, Dr. Living Dead, Violentor, Insinnerator, Essence, and many more grab me by the neck and drag me into that special place where it's just me, the sounds, and the freakin' CD booklet. For me, one of their albums becomes a world that I can visit for one hell of an involved music trip.
To quote my buddy at Gogmagogical: "because music is...tremendous!"
However, there are a few bands out there, that when they put out a new release, I will live, eat, and BREATHE that new album. My enjoyment of the album goes beyond the music, although that is where it definitely starts. No, when these particular bands put out a new album, the act of buying and listening to it becomes a completely different experience than simply jamming out to some killer metal (although I am not opposed to that by any means!).
A few examples from my high school years include Sepultura - Arise, Metallica - ...And Justice For All, Megadeth - Rust in Peace, Danzig - both Self Titled and Lucifuge, D.R.I. - 4 of a Kind, Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow..., and Slayer - South of Heaven among many others.
Each of these albums were essentially little worlds for me to enter into and visit for a while. Each had a very specific feeling to them, and to absorb the full atmosphere of an album, everything about it had to be eaten visually as well as audibly.
For those who still buy CDs (and vinyl!), you know how it is after purchasing a new album which you have been lusting over ever since the record company issued out the release date. You get it home and go into your designated music area where you can be alone, just you and your new album. Off comes the plastic wrap, and on through the gauntlet of removing the security tape that lines the top and bottom of the secured jewel case. All the while you can almost TASTE the music.
Once you finally open the case and pop out the CD (which always feels like it's going to break in half the first time you pry it out), the music trip can begin. The CD goes into the stereo and out comes the CD booklet - an essential flavor of the music-buying banquet.
As the music plays in the background, the album cover become eye candy to be thoroughly studied over and over again, and eventually becoming one with the sounds pounding out of the stereo. The lyric sheet is poured over to memorize phrases as if they had been specifically written for the listener. At times we as fans would even find a way to relate certain lyrics to what is going on in our lives, helping us gain strength, cope, or enjoy what was happening at that exact moment in life as we listen to something that means so much to us.
I love that a particular album can set out to tell us fans a story with a combination of music and printed art and words. It causes a connection that is welcoming and eventually nostalgic, but always powerful.
Yes, now I am older and sadly have less time to connect with newer albums the way I did back in high school, but I still find those gems in the new wave of thrash that mesmerizes me just as much as the classic bands from 20-plus years ago.
Bands such as Tantara, Bio-Cancer, Municipal Waste, 4ARM, Dr. Living Dead, Violentor, Insinnerator, Essence, and many more grab me by the neck and drag me into that special place where it's just me, the sounds, and the freakin' CD booklet. For me, one of their albums becomes a world that I can visit for one hell of an involved music trip.
To quote my buddy at Gogmagogical: "because music is...tremendous!"
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
New song from Sewercide!
Okay, kids! Check out the new tune from SEWERCIDE titled Hypothermia!
The tune is a brutal, speedy monster and is just the thing to give me the nice kick in the ass I needed this Tuesday morning. Ahhhhh!
The bonus is that Sewercide is offering it up as a FREE download! Listen to it! Get it! THRASH!
The tune is a brutal, speedy monster and is just the thing to give me the nice kick in the ass I needed this Tuesday morning. Ahhhhh!
The bonus is that Sewercide is offering it up as a FREE download! Listen to it! Get it! THRASH!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Free metal! Extinction ROCKS!
Just a quick post to steer you in the way of more free metal!
Here we have California's deathrashers EXTINCTION who recently released their EP titled Skull Island! SKULL ISLAND, man!
Extinction specialize in death-soaked thrash with peppered hints of traditional metal. The opening riff to their tune Acid Bath is a freakin' genius instrumental, flying the flag of the all-out metal jam. Another song My Axe of Torture rides the edges of moshable polka beats and Six Feet Under style grooves.
I dig Extinction, and you can too...for FREE! Check out the tunes below and if you find them scratching your deathrash itch, download 'em here. Much thanks to Extinction for making the tune available!
Facebook Extinction here.
Here we have California's deathrashers EXTINCTION who recently released their EP titled Skull Island! SKULL ISLAND, man!
Extinction specialize in death-soaked thrash with peppered hints of traditional metal. The opening riff to their tune Acid Bath is a freakin' genius instrumental, flying the flag of the all-out metal jam. Another song My Axe of Torture rides the edges of moshable polka beats and Six Feet Under style grooves.
I dig Extinction, and you can too...for FREE! Check out the tunes below and if you find them scratching your deathrash itch, download 'em here. Much thanks to Extinction for making the tune available!
Facebook Extinction here.
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