By: Richard Maw
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 20/01/2017
Label: Test
Your Metal Records
“Weapons of Thrash Destruction” DD track
listing
1.
Reanimator (5:24)
2.
Deceiver (5:15)
3.
Nuclear Demolisher (4:26)
4.
Violent Reprisal (4:17)
5.
Skitzoid Embolism (4:08)
6.
Drunk as Fuck (4:12)
7.
Bestial Tyranny (6:13)
8.
Riders of Doom (1:40)
9.
Sect of the Serpent (6:44)
The Review:
Furious
thrash metal for all fans of Exodus... and other
furious thrash bands! Coming out of Vancouver, these boys know exactly how to
deliver the kind of primeval thrash metal that Baloff and the boys made thirty
years ago. The artwork is pleasingly Repka, the songs are fairly long (five
minutes plus is not unusual) and the riffs come thick and, yes, fast.
A
track by track here is largely unnecessary, so instead it suffices to say that
if you listen to opener “Reanimator” and you are not
inspired, the rest of the record won't win you over. The record races by at an
astonishing clip as the band mine the book of metal song titles for cues. It's
all here: there is a deceiver, there is violence, doom, serpents and tyranny.
If
you enjoy Exodus, Nuclear Assault and the
more gnarly end of the thrash spectrum there is bucket loads for you to enjoy
here. The stand out for me is “Violent Reprisal” (it has
everything), but really I could not argue with any one track being picked out.
It is of consistently good standard and is guaranteed to get your neck
snapping. Shamelessly non-progressive, shamelessly violent, pre-occupied with
nuclear war, Arnie films and all the other standard grist of the thrash mill,
this record is great violent fun, plain and simple. If you want thrash, you
will get it here.
