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Album: Vengeful Ascension
Genre:Death/Black/Thrash
US Extreme Metal veterans, Goatwhore continue their evolution as they tone down the Black Metal of early releases, in favour of a more groove-laden Thrash/Death Metal sound. If you're late to the party, don't worry, the night is still young.
Track: Mankind Will Have No Mercy
Band: Powerflo
Album: Powerflo
Genre: Nu-Metal / Hardcore
Do you yearn for a return to those heady days of Nu-Metal Dominance? No, neither do I and I'd say that this "Supergroup" featuring members and ex-members of Cypress Hill (Sen Dog), Fear Factory (Christian Olde Wolbers), Downset (Roy Lazano) and Biohazard (Billy Graziadei) is at least a decade out of date. That said, it isn't at all bad and actually gets better the more you listen. It's not likely to set the world on fire, but it's a decent, fun, throwback record.
Track: Crushing That
Band: Mutation
Album: Dark Black
Genre: Noise
Mutation really couldn't be any further from the radio-friendly, mainstream-bothering Brit Rock of The Wildhearts, but Ginger shows, yet again, that there are many strings to his musical bow. The wonderfully dischordant racket will either be a hallelujah moment for you or you'll hate it. Forget the corpse-painted Black Metal fools, this is gleefully subversive, real extreme music.
Track: Hate
Band: Municipal Waste
Album: Slime and Punishment
Genre: Thrash / Punk / Hardcore
US Thrash throwbacks were doing the new generation "nostalgia" thing years before their contemporaries and that they are still here where most of the others have fallen by the wayside is testament, not just to their passion, but to their no-nonsense, no-frills take on 80s Thrash. They have the authenticity that other wannabes lack and deliver a potent mix of Thrash, Punk and Hardcore that makes you want to headbang and drink beer. At the same time.
Track: Amateur Sketch
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