VARIOUS ARTISTS - WHIPSTRIKER / TERRORHAMMER / VULCAN TYRANT / SPEEDWHORE Four Way Split
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
Here's something that reminds me of the bygone days (well at least mine) of record buying. Back in the day split releases were fairly common but a four band split was a rarity. It was a mini-compilation with four bands contributing one song a piece. Chances were you might know one or two of the bands and the other ones where a bonus. That idea kinda works here as well.
WHIPSTRIKER is a band from Brazil, I know them from their 2018 full length Merciless Artillery. They've got a ton of releases out as well. Many of which are also short form releases like split EPs. I've always thought of em as a more punk version of VENOM and their song on here "Forged in Cruelty" hasn't changed my opinion.
Next up is TERRORHAMMER a three piece act from Serbia. The band is new to me although they've been around for a decade. I like the living hell out of their song "Breath of Fire". It's pretty much textbook European blackened thrash. Nothing wrong with that. VULCAN TYRANT are a two piece act from Holland. Their contribution is something almost sounding like black & roll. The most primitive stuff on this split.
Finally there's SPEEDWHORE a band from Germany who I've known about for a few years now. Once again they're blackened thrash with an emphasis on the filth variant. So all in all you've got a decent little blackened thrash comp here. They're definitely on the low-fi side of the genre which I tend to like. Considering all the generic crap produced from the states over the past few years this is what you want.
http://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/
LISTEN HERE:
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/split-10
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