ROTTEN BLASPHEMY - Worshippers of Chaos review

 

ROTTEN BLASPHEMY - Worshippers of Chaos

Witches Brew

Ya know twenty years ago I would've thought this was cool as fuck. Mainly because I was buying every South American Extreme Metal release, original or reissue, I could find. I mean I was on a tear and a bank account to cope with payments. I mean I've got a ton of South American Extreme Metal. I don't have to name names and yeah I've got some from Columbia. 

By the way ROTTEN BLASPHEMY hail from Columbia. They're a three piece act who started out in 2011. Since then they've put out some short form releases. But here we have their full length debut. I give this band some props because they're not a straight up Black Metal act. 

They try to be on a few cuts from this eight track album. but the bottom line is that this band is all into Blackened Thrash and Black n Roll. Personally I think that's cool and if I was at one of their shows I'd be enjoying the slam pit action taking place. Sound-wise this is raw as fuck which is understandable. I wouldn't have it any other way. 

In the end yeah this is decent. I really like the cuts "Rise and Sin", "Violence" and the title track the most. Give this band another year and a newer album and we'll see what happens then. Nuff Said!    

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https://witchesbrewthrashes.bandcamp.com/album/worshippers-of-cha-s

SEIDHR - Dracanthropy review

 

SEIDHR - Dracanthropy

Witches Brew 

I've said it before buy it bares repeating that my favorite Thrash since the 1990's has been Blackened Thrash. And with that said I've gotta admit that the sub genre carcass has been picked clean. I mean the marrow from the bones has been sucked out. There's nothing left to take which will sound cool and new. So for me I just look / listen for something sick sounding, old school and not totally generic. 

I believe I've found that with this three piece act from Ann Arbor, Michigan / Kansas City, Missouri. Yeah that's a long drive to practice. Anyways before I listened to this I checked out their track list and saw they do an ABSU cover. OK I'm interested and after giving it a few listens I can say these guys are pretty good. Now sure some jaded piece of shit who's been into Thrash for a decade could listen to this nine song release, pick it a part and and be a dick about it. Fine and go back to listening to your crap. 

Influence wise yeah SEIDHR like early SLAYER and SODOM. I'm cool with that. Especially since you've got these sick fucking riffs and insane solos. The drum work is fuckin crazy. All in all this debut album sounds like a hidden treasure from the past. The vocals are of that blackened harsh variety with a few Tom G. Warrior grunts tossed in. 

All in all yeah this debut is damm good for anyone who misses the old ways of Blackened Thrash and really yearns for it to come back in a cool way. I mean there's violin, viola and some synths on here which to me is a cool game changer to the savage attack this band hits you with. Hell yeah this is a great release. 

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https://seidhr666.bandcamp.com/album/dracanthropy-2

ATOMIZATOR - Nuclear Booze Patrol review

 

ATOMIZATOR - Nuclear Booze Patrol

Witches Brew

As anyone who reads the reviews on this site (and frankly who doesn't) knows that my opinion on modern day Thrash is low. Look I was around when Thrash started out and it was cool. I liked those bands plus the others that added other genre styles to it aka: Death Thrash and Blackened Thrash. I also supported the Thrash Revival in the late 2000's. But to get me going for you as a band nowadays ya gotta show me something which I'll not be bored with three songs into your release. 

Case in point here we have the debut album by ATOMIZATOR who are a four piece Thrash act from the great nation of Switzerland. Now obviously when you look at Switzerland you think of their banking system, the fuckin alps and of coarse CELTIC FROST. How many people that you know will honestly say "Dude I'm really into the Swiss Thrash scene because it's killer"? Ah yeah whatever. 

So hey here we have a decent contender for some modern day Thrash. But hey look at these guys. They look like a couple of troublesome dudes who came into a place where I've worked at. They drink their shite beers. They probably added on a few shots of cheap booze as well. And of course they got quarters to play pool. An hour or two later I'm throwing these assholes out the door. Yeah I used to be a bouncer at a Punk/Metal club. Surprised?

Be that as it may the opening intro "U-235" on here is not OK in my book. But don't let that sway you because the real opening track "Permanent Injury" is a cool sounding rager with a decent enough riff and vocal attack. ATOMIZATOR soundwise remind me of cool 80's Speed Metal from the US. But sure they're Thrash in your face with some killer extras. 

I really like Philip Lindholm's vocals. He mixes real guy singing with some high pitched 80's Heavy Metal screams. Hell I was while listening to this Lindholm let out one of those screams and my beer bottle started to shake. I thought it was gonna be one of those is it live or is it Memorex moments. OK you people are probably too young for that one. 

Be that as it may Nuclear Booze Patrol is twelve cuts of cool sounding Thrash / Speed Metal. I don't think there's a bad track on here except for the instro opening. Musically this band wants to start a fight with you and to me that's cool. Along with the great lead vocals and Hardcore backing gang vocals I give credit to guitarist Bastien Roth. The guy is a great riff master. 

Add to that ATOMIZATOR has a fuckin amazing rhythm section in bassist Dale Brighouse who makes his thick line playing known throughout this album. Then there's drummer Gabriel Cotting who's a fuckin dynamo behind the kit. Real drumming and no triggers. Yeah to me this album is killer. 

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https://witchesbrewthrashes.bandcamp.com/album/nuclear-booze-patrol