Get Thrashed. Better late than never.

I finally - finally - bought Get Thrashed on DVD. I am ridiculously behind the times here, but it was worth the wait.

Get Thrashed is a freaking love letter to thrash. For fans of thrash, new and old, this documentary really lets you become engulfed into the world of METAL. The interviews, live footage and trivia bits are treasures to behold.

I also loved the bonus features, which basically served as a companion film to Get Thrashed. The bonus footage covers SO MANY thrash bands within an hour and a half (or so) that it seems like an overload of information.

What is noticable to the point of distraction is the complete lack of music to be heard during the bonus footage. I figure that the rights were not secured for the bonus scenes, which is too bad, considering the the footage covered obscure bands like Assassin as well as killer established acts like Nuclear Assault. I wanna see more more MORE!

Now, I hope that the director will consider making a sequel covering the resurgence of thrash with interviews and live footage of the various NWOTM bands. It would make for a nice bookend (although hopefully not THE end) of the thrash movement.

Used CDs feed the addiction

Postings here will be a bit sparse until next month, but I wanted to pop in to do some bragging.

Today, I snagged a copy of Death's Scream Bloody Gore CD for $6 over at a local CD Tradepost. For some reason Death's first release has never made itself available to me, so when I saw it on the used shelf -- in perfect condition, mind you -- I was giddy. I still am.

Lately I've been on a lucky streak in finding cheap used CDs.

Recently (over the last two or three months), I found the following gems for between $1 to $5 each.

Anthrax - Among the Living, State of Euphoria, and Persistence of Time
Bonded By Blood - Feed the Beast and Exiled to Earth
Demiricous - One
Death Angel - Act III
Evile - Enter the Grave
Fueled by Fire - Spread the Fire
Guillotine - Blood Money
The Headbanger - Nuclear Devastation
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
Kreator - Terrible Certainty (includes Out of the Dark) - spent $7.99 on this one!
Mantic Ritual - Executioner
M.O.D. - Dictated Aggression
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying
Napalm Death - Smear Campaign
Overkill - Under the Influence
Razor - Violent Restitution
Speed Kills...Again compilation
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera...Revolution and The Art of Rebellion
Sworn Amongst - Severance (for 99 cents!!!)
Testament - Demonic
Thrashing Like a Maniac compilation
Uncle Slam - Will Work for Food

Nice catch so far. The funny thing about being a thrash metal fan is that you can never...EVER...get enough. We can leave no riff unturned.

You know, as an addiction, at least it's a safe one (until you get into the pit).

Anyway, I am going to slow my purchases down a bit because although I save a ton on used goods, such purchases usurp from my spending budget for newer releases. Hell, I don't want to wait eight years before I can get a copy of Ironbound for $5.