thrash
The Four Horsemen Rode The Lightning to Columbus
On Friday, August 9, renowned classic Metallica act The Four Horsemen came and pummeled The King of Clubs. It wasn’t even the multiple pits started in their honor, the insane headbanging or the young headbangers in training they brought up near the end. The Horsemen are described as damn near close to note/record perfect as the real thing playing and creating an adrenaline, lung screaming, sweat f...[Read More]
Them Damn Kings Slam With New Single Shown With A Fist
The one-man Jersey bred and born music project has fuel, has fire and what he desires. Especially some influence from ‘90s Metallica and Reload. The beginning of new single and lyric video for “Shown With A Fist” sounds and feels like a throwback to the fueled ‘tallica riff and that’s not a bad thing. With clean vocals that cross territory between L.A. Guns and Ministry. The lyric video shows crea...[Read More]
The Bay Area Striked Back in Kentucky
Saturday May 7, the rescheduled Bay Area Strikes Back tour came to Northern, Kentucky. Classic thrash made a very loud return this year and the crowd followed suit with normal thrash behavior. The Madison Theater marked a sold-out show of the 34 show trek. The tour was finally rescheduled to spring 2022 after the world started functioning again. The loud, harsh, body surfing movement that began on...[Read More]
Bonded – Into Blackness
Germany’s known for cranking out mass amounts of loud, thrashing metal bands each with head cranking, vertebrae challenging offerings. Recently Dortmund cranked out the sophomore ritual by thrashers Bonded. The Eurosphere along with the rest of the world is prepping to enter Into Blackness with 11 gnarly numbers and extra bonus tracks November 12. If you’re not familiar with the name, metalheads ...[Read More]
Onslaught – Generation Antichrist
U.K. thrash veterans Onslaught have returned with another ear-ripping endeavor christening the youth of the nation as Generation Antichrist. Though, in today’s hot-bed climate of unrest, anger and protests, the children of the beast may have a new broader definition. The records a harsh, menacing, mud stomp to the face and ears. Like the guitar and drum version of Fight Club except everyone knows...[Read More]
Evil Invaders – Surge of Insanity- Live in Antwerp 2018.
In October 2019 Belgium’s thrash speed blitzkrieg Evil Invaders released their live album and DVD Surge of Insanity – Live in Antwerp 2018. The DVD captured the 14 song hour plus show in their noise laden hometown annihilation. Filmed at Trix in September 2018, the performance captures the screaming adrenaline soaked set in its audio and visual brilliance. The band showed off skills and aura playi...[Read More]
Awaiting Sacrifice – Uprise
October’s definitely the month tailor-made for masks and letting the inner demons and monsters out to scream. Though Indianapolis’ Awaiting Sacrifice, look more adapt walking out of a toxic waste facility or active asylum, than a recording studio. The five-piece finger shredding mix, release their new radioactive creation Uprise October 26. More than a few years in the making, the five songs encom...[Read More]
Geoff Tate Spreads Mindcrime in Cincinnati
Sunday, June 24 the mind and voice that helped create one of the greatest rock concept records of the ‘80s and beyond came to The Venue. The man who gave voice to the iconic characters and songs of Operation: Mindcrime delivered the story start to finish with a few extras sending the crowd home happy. It was a night of modern day Livecrime, celebrating 30 years of fandom. After taking the mission ...[Read More]
Terrifier – Weapons of Thrash Destruction
Vancouver BC’s, Terrifier marked 2011 with their thrash debut Destroyers of the Faith. They may have borrowed a few words from Priest but they adapted their sound according to the rules and ramming speed pits of early West Coast thrash. They’ve sounded their war cry grabbing handfuls straight from the white hot molten furnace, hurling fistfuls of liquid metal lava to any and all non-believers and...[Read More]
Mindmaze plays the Courtyard
Sunday August 14, four bands played the Courtyard Lounge in Englewood. Dayton’s Letters to the Blind, Cincinnati’s Warcurse, Iris Divine from VA, and MindMaze from Allentown, PA. Letters started it off with the black metal tinged beginning of “Suffocate.” Ringing in the cyber power metal, prog influences with some thrash flavor. They pulled from the mighty book of Priest mixing Maiden and NWOBHM s...[Read More]