BLOOD FEAST - Chopped, Sliced and Diced EP
Hells Headbangers Records
BLOOD FEAST, a band that denizens of old school thrash remember well from the late 80's. Later on it was connoisseurs of the old ways generated by the thrash revival in the late 2000's who caught on to these New Jersey legends. The band, which called it quits in 1989, resurfaced in 2007 with last original member guitarist Adam Tranquilli. Since then this thrash beast from the northeast has found ways to stick around. The culmination of dedication came in 2017 with the comeback full length The Future State of Wicked.
Here we are a few years later with a follow up EP. Back in the day I thought of this band as the East Coast version of EXODUS with some SLAYER influence. Nowadays with the newer lineup they're cranking out, on here, re-recorded material from early releases. Most of the cuts are from 1989's Chopping Block Blues full length. The vinyl version has four cuts. The CD has six, one of which is a live version of "By the Slice", so get em both.
On a whole BLOOD FEAST have stuck to their old thrash ways. Chris Natalini's vocals remind me of Tom Araya's on the first couple of SLAYER albums. He has this harsh electric delivery which is far different then his predecessor Gary Markovitch. Musically this is blazing fast thrash that snap the necks of those young ins who are of the revival sort. It's rare that'll I'll be kind to a re-recording of old songs by a new band lineup (hello EXODUS). But as far as this goes it's great stuff.
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