In the Gallery of Blood and Tots comes the Night. In the time of Leeches and Slime comes forth the Shadow Scroll. I'm rambling like a Time Desert platypus. I straddle the Glue Huffers Oracle. This is the Night of Blackened Thrash! Onto the reviews!
Midnight's new album, No Mercy For Mayhem, is fucking rad and pretty much what you'd expect from these perverts. Straightforward blackened thrash ala Motorhead, Venom, and early Metallica. The riffs are solid, the rhythm steady and fierce, the songs simple and to the point. EVIL!!!! EVIL!!!!! That's the chorus to the first song, Evil Like A Knife. I wish Atherer's vocals were a little more distinctive and melodic, but the shrieking growl keep hold down the black to an otherwise traditional sound.
Shitfucker's 2013 opus won our hearts as Winner of the Night! Sucks Cocks In Hell is extremely dirty, filthy thrash, sounding like it was concocted in a Brazilian sex dungeon. Nothing fancy here. Filth piled on punked up, thrashed out filth. At times it's so filthy it feels like grindcore, but the riffs and rhythms are firmly rooted in thrash. The best thing about the album are the insane lyrics. Songs like Rock n Roll Freaky Dude are not without a trace of irony (sounds like these guys listen to tons of Japanese thrash like Abigail), but are so unhinged and batshit insane the hipster element is quickly forgotten. Great stuff from the Dirty D.
Last, we heard the Indianapolis dirt merchants called Maax. Thier 2011 album, Unholy Rock N Roll, is a a gruffer beast, sounding like it was made by meth fiend bikers on a cornhole frenzy. It's tight, uncomplicated thrash metal with growly black metal vocals. The album drags on too long, though. These toughs are gonna kick you in the balls for several hours. Nuff said. Hailz the blackened thrash!!!!!!!!!
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