thrash metal
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Stream: Voivod – Target Earth Prepare yourself for a feast of delicious thrashy guitar lines and pumping bass and drums. Voivod certainly has all of that, and they have been around long enough to show that they’ve mastered it with some incredible builds and switches like on the self-titled album
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Lamb of God’s sixth studio album is big on aggression, which is to be expected, but it doesn’t exactly bring enough ideas to the table to keep things interesting for me. WATCH THE REVIEW
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This month on YUNR, Anthony gives explanations as to why he’s let new releases from Coldplay, Florence + the Machine, Noel Gallagher, Russian Circles, and the Beach Boys pass him by. Here’s some short explanations of other albums worth checking out as well: 1. Thee Oh Sees- Carrion Crawler
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Vektor’s latest album continues further down the road the Arizona band set for itself on 2009’s Black Future. It’s certainly a more dynamic and melodic release, but I was ultimately hoping for a stronger difference between this album and its predecessor. Still, these tunes embrace Vektor’s
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The Needle Drop: “Serving up audio reviews like they’re pizza slices or something.” Eh, that’s a really terrible slogan we’re beta testing right now. Let it seep in. See what happens. Anyway, my friend Derek and I have another review for you this week, and we’re
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Texas’ Absu puts together an intense combination of black metal and thrash on its latest album, Abzu. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Here’s the opening track to the latest Taake album, Noregs Vaapen. “Fra Vadested Til Vaandesmed” is a very nicely recorded piece of melodic black metal. The guitar leads feel pretty damn righteous at some points. There’s enough variation to keeps things interesting, too. Look for this album now
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Two new tracks from Vektor, which is an Arizona thrash metal band responsible for my favorite metal album of 2009. Above and below are two new tracks from the group’s forthcoming album, Outer Isolation. Look for it on November 15th via Heavy Artillery.
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A hard-as-nails combination of black metal and thrash on Absu’s latest album, Abzu. It’s coming out this week via Candlelight. Enjoy!
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On Toxic Holocaust’s fourth album, the Portland band takes a leaner approach to its grimy fusion of punk and thrash metal, lowering the black metal influences that were once prominent on the band’s earlier releases. While there’s not a lot of variety to be had on this
