The Batlord's Thrash Thread (That Is Superior to Wpnfire's)

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Recently I've actually been listening to more metal than I have jazz.

Just when I'm listening to more country than metal. Of course.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Get back to Jazz.

¿Porqué no los dos?

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Get back to Jazz.

Get out of my thread, you gay bitch.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Frownland

¿Porqué no los dos?

How about The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble?
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Dark Night Of The Soul

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

How about The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble?
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Dark Night Of The Soul

[The Batlord]

Razor - Evil Invaders (1985)

This is so ****ing raw that it defies belief. I guess this would be what Darkness Descends or Pleasure to Kill would sound like if the band stuck a bit closer to Motorhead. One of those bands that makes Canada just barely worthy of not nuking.

There's a period of thrash, between '83 and '86, when the genre had not yet developed its trademark, generic sound, and the bands from this time were generally more individual than the bands that followed. Razor were one of those first wave bands, and as such sounded like themselves rather than a watered down version of Slayer (though I can hear Slayer in there). So if you're coming into this album hoping for yet another THRASH album, then you might be a tad disappointed, as it sounds like punk-as-**** speed metal that is so ugly it borders on 1st wave black metal.

Yeah all the songs sound the same, but since they all sound awesome who the **** cares?

[The Batlord]

Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence (1992)

Wpnfire said he won't do a bunch of death thrash? Well **** that! Death thrash is amazing, and this is possibly the greatest death thrash album ever recorded.

The band is a well oiled d-thrash machine, backed by a human jackhammer of a drummer, turning the guitars into drills almost more than sounds. But their true stroke of genius? They discovered that you could in fact base songs around breakdowns. Pummeling death thrash, interspersed with absolutely bludgeoning breakdowns, with awesome riffs aplenty, and a brutal guitar tone, makes for the best **** you will hear that night.

Top 10 thrash album definitely, Top 5 possibly.

[Wpnfire]

The cover on that album is what happens when the drummer starts playing.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

D.R.I. - Live at CBGB's 1984 (2005)

I've always loved DRI. Their early **** is pure light speed violence, and while they would become progressively more tepid, their evolution to a thrash band also included some of the best riffs in all of metal. But this is perhaps their best recording. It was just before Dealing With It (though it contains songs from that album), their first true foray into crossover, and just after their debut and Violent Pacification EP, so this is more hardcore than thrash, but it's still close enough to qualify.

The production is surprisingly good for a live album from a cult band, so their intensity is undiluted, and Jesus ****ing Christ how mother****ing intense they are. This album is probably the best representation of just how fast and insane DRI were before they started slowing down to play crossover thrash, not only because of good production, but because apparently DRI play even faster live. How the **** that is possible is beyond me, but this is the first time I've been convinced that DRI must have been an influence on grindcore, if not on the genre as a whole, then definitely on select bands with taste.

Unfortunately the last ten minutes have a marked loss in audio quality. I don't know if the recording equipment ****ed up or they added the end of a different show, but it is what it is. And they're still awesome.

I'd post a couple choice cuts, but since most of the songs are interchangeable and last a minute at most, I'll just post the album. Especially since the video is an actual video. Epic.

I've never quite been able to get 100% behind DRI, mostly because of their vocalist. But your description has sold me on giving this album a chance.

[The Batlord]

Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare (1988)

Best thing Robb Flynn ever did. This is thrash to the core. Nothing else going on here but thrash. No death metal, no prog, no clean singing, just pure thrash that updates Bonded by Blood for the late-80s thrash fan.

The band name is ****ing perfect. This **** is indeed violent, quite possibly the most brutal non-death thrash thrash metal release of all-time, and it most certainly puts the majority of those those bands to shame anyway. The spastic riffs, the crushing breakdowns, the crunchy production, the gang shouts-from-hell, and the I-don't-give-a-****-if-these-vocals-are-melodic all make this a thrash metal release of the most myopic yet fully realized kind. Intense is not even the correct word.

If the riffs to "Kill on Command" or the gang shouts in "Bodies on Bodies" don't get your ass in a mosh pit then we are enemies.