SOMETHING OLD:
ANTHRAX
FISTFUL OF METAL
MEGAFORCE
RECORDS
1983
This is the debut lp slab of licorice pie from
the legendary Anthrax. As we speak, I have my 1st pressing vinyl copy of
this album on my hi-fi blasting.
"Deathrider" open hostilities and
then after 3&1/2 minutes gives way to "Metal Thrashing Mad".
Both are just utterely killer tracks. Then we have Alice Cooper's
"I'm Eighteen" after getting the Anthrax treatment. This version is
faster, heavier, and louder than the original. However, I'll stick with
Alice Cooper's original version from the 1970's. I like this version as a
close second........only Alice can do it better. "Panic" and
"Subjugator" finish off side one.
Side two opens up with the aptly
titled "Soldiers Of Metal".......great tunage."Death From Above", the
bands' calling card, "Anthrax", "Across The River" and "Howling Furies"
finish off this here heavy metal classic.
In keeping with
tradition, since this is a new month, I must begin with a "METAL THRASHING
MAD" heavy metal headbanging record review.
I know I have not
inputted an article in a few weeks. That is because my computer moniter
took the big shit and I had to go buy a new one. Shit happens, right? Ever
onward...........
BUY IT HERE:
SOMETHING NEW:
SEASONS OF THE WOLF
NOCTURNAL
REVELATION
SNAKENET RECORDS
2001
The band produced this
themselves. People.......this cd fucking wails. I guess I'm not the only
one who likes to make heavy metal music the old way. This bad boy opens up
with "New Age Revolution" and then proceeds into the "Dead Zone" , a song
executed with a feverous fury. "Quilex" is very dark and brooding with
pissed off energy.
Next is the title track, "Nocturnal Revelation",
this is thrash metal, band your head, get in the pit and mosh your ass off
music. I love it. "Dance Of A Thousand Veils" is a middle eastern belly
dancing type of song. "Liar" is an angst ridden lament of
dishonesty. "Magnetic Star" is next, and what a metal monster it is.
Slow and brooding we enter into the next track, "Skulls", very haunting,
very cool. "Dark And Lonely Depths" causes the "Storm Of The Century".
Heavy stuff people. "Starstruck", "NR3", and "Transmission" finish this
one off. Overall.......this is a great fucking cd. A must have for any
metalhead.
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SOMETHING FROM OUR JURASSIC PERIOD:
JACKIE WILSON
Jackie Wilson was an excellent
singer as well as a remarkable performer. His most memorable tune is still
"Lonely Teardrops", however it is commonly and mistakenly called "Say
You Will". Please go check out some of Jackie Wilson's music. I think it
is still as relavent today as it was in the late 1950's.
