Earthshaker

01. Earthshaker - Earthshaker, 1983 CD Album Reissue      Nexus - KICS 2901      Reissue from 2007 02. Earthshaker - Midnight Flight = ミッドナイト・フライト, 1984 CD Album Reissue Remastered      Nexus - KICS 2903      Reissue from 2007 - 03. Earthshaker - Fugitive, 1984 CD Album Reissue Remastered      Nexus International, Nexus - KICS 2902, KICS 2902      Reissue from 2007 04. Earthshaker - Passion, 1985 CD Album Reissue      Nexus - KICS 2100      Reissue from 1991 05. Earthshaker - Quarter, 2008 CD Album      Danger Crue - XNDC-10028 Yes, Japanese heavy metal. But no, this post shall not be as enthusiastic as usual when dealing with Eastern riff makers, for this stuff is almost bad. There are good songs, i.e. songs with a great rocking heavy metal background. But there are too many awful pieces of shit radio ballads or simply mediocre attempts at a hit. Plus the good songs are invariably poisoned by keyboards and the vocals are waaaaayyyyyyy too pop, at least they have the typical Japanese vibe. I had bought the first LP because of the flying V on the cover and was disappointed it sounded weaker than Scorpions' Tokyo Tapes. I recently found a short stash of cheap CDs so gave Earthshaker another chances 20 years later, but it still does not work for me. They released twelve billion albums, I have only heard these five, maybe an exceptional release exists that I should listen to? Now back to the real heavyweights Anthem and Loudness. Remove brackets and unzip: [meh] !ZER Earthshaker ZER!

Reload: Type O Negative

01. Type O Negative - Wolf Moon, 0 CDr Unofficial Release      Remasters - none      Fucked up CDR, only 2 tracks survived 02. Type O Negative - Slow, Deep And Hard, 1991 Vinyl LP Album      Roadracer Records, Roadracer Records - RO 9313-1, RO 9313 1 03. Type O Negative - Slow, Deep And Hard, 1991 CD Album      Roadracer Records, Roadracer Records - RO 9313-2, RO 9313 2 04. Type O Negative - The Origin Of The Feces (Not Live At Brighton Beach), 1992 Vinyl LP Album      Roadracer Records, Roadracer Records - RO 9174-1, RO 9174 1 05. Type O Negative - The Origin Of The Feces (Not Live At Brighton Beach), 1992 CD Album      Roadracer Records, Roadracer Records - RO 9174 2, RO 9174-2 06. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses, 1993 Vinyl LP Album x 2      Roadrunner Records - RR-9100-1 07. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses, 1993 CD Album      Roadrunner Records - RR 9100-5 08. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses, 1993 CD Album      Roadrunner Records - RR-9100-2 09. Type O Negative - Christian Woman, 1993 CD Single      Roadrunner Records - RR 2378-3 10. Type O Negative - Live, Rare And Hard, 1994 CD Unofficial Release Compilation      Daniel Records - DR 0294 , Compilation      Contains 11 songs by: Type O Negative, Carnivore 11. Type O Negative - Suicide Is Self Expression, 1994 CD Unofficial Release      Not On Label - none , Compilation      Tracks 1-9 Ludwigsburg Rockfabrik 10-16-94. Track 10 Demo. - Contains 11 songs by: Laibach, Type O Negative - Contains 11 songs by: Type O Negative, Laibach 12. Type O Negative - The Origin Of The Feces, 1994 CD Album Reissue      Roadrunner Records - RR 9006-2 13. Type O Negative - Happiness I Cannot Feel.. Love To Me Is So Unreal.., 1995 CD Compilation Unofficial Release      Slow Death Records, Slow Death Records - sld 8993, SLD 8993 , Compilation      Contains 11 songs by: Type O Negative, Carnivore 14. Type O Negative - Slower, Deeper And Harder, 1995 CD Compilation Unofficial Release      Not On Label, Daniel Records - TON 01-95, DR 595 15. Type O Negative - We Suck..., 1995 CD Unofficial Release      Fight Back Records - FBR 009 16. Type O Negative - Even Snow Dies, 1995 CD Unofficial Release      Octopus - OCTO 092 , Compilation      Contains 8 songs by: Laibach, Type O Negative - Contains 8 songs by: Type O Negative, Laibach 17. Type O Negative - October Rust, 1996 CD Album      Roadrunner Records - RR 8874-2 18. Type O Negative - Steel O Dick, 1996 CD Unofficial Release      Roadruiner Records - PROMO CD 965 211-2 19. Type O Negative - World Coming Down, 1999 CD Album Promo      Roadrunner Records, Roadrunner Records - RR PROMO 443, RR Promo 443 20. Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me, 2003 CD Album      Roadrunner Records - 1686184382 21. Type O Negative - Dead Again, 2007 CD Album      Steamhammer - SPV 99192 CD 22. Type O Negative - Dead Again, 2008 Vinyl LP Album x 2, Vinyl LP, DVD DVD-Video, File MP3 Album x 10, Box Set Limited Edition      Steamhammer - SPV 99199 3LP+DVD Ltd. Box 23. Type O Negative - Dead Again, 2008 Vinyl LP Album x 2, Vinyl LP, DVD DVD-Video, File MP3 Album x 10, Box Set Limited Edition      Steamhammer - SPV 99199 3LP+DVD Ltd. Box 24. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (The Demos), 2016 CD Compilation Limited Edition Unofficial Release      Carnivore Fanclub Records - CARFC0001 Requested: rezerred. Remove brackets and unzip: [I know you're] !ZER Type O Negative ZER!

Forbidden

01. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil, 1988 CD Album Reissue      Century Media - 9962152      Reissue from 2008 02. Forbidden - Raw Evil - Live At The Dynamo, 1989 CD EP      Combat - 88561-2009-2 03. Forbidden - Twisted Into Form, 1990 CD Album Reissue      Century Media - 66026-2      Reissue from 1999 04. Forbidden - Distortion, 1995 CD Album      Fierce Recordings, Mayhem Records Ltd. - 11091-2, 11091-2      Reissue from 1997 05. Forbidden - Green, 1996 CD Album      Pavement Music - 76962-32256-2 06. Forbidden - Omega Wave, 2010 CD Album      Nuclear Blast - NB 2576-2 Classic thrash metal! Forbidden were (are?) that kind of versatile entity that knows how to be heavy, catchy and crunchy at the same time while never selling out to any trend (outside thrash metal). Intensity, speed and melody: zer & rezer. If pressured by the taxonomy police, I would put them in the league of Flotsam & Jetsam | Lääz Rockit | Death Angel | Heathen. Their pristine discography bangs your head with class and energy - yes, on Green and Distortion too, do not listen to disgruntled purists who disapproved of the slight modernization of their sound in the 90s, these are two amazing albums. When in need of pure metal that rocks solid skulls while not obliterating the sound waves in war metal fashion, Forbidden is the perfect choice. Hard to pick a favorite, but if pressured by the ranking police, I would say Twisted Into Form and Omega Wave are two masterpieces that deserve to be played and replayed many times at 11. Thrash til zer! Remove brackets and unzip: [twisted into zer] !ZER Forbidden ZER!

Reload: Kinghorse

01. Kinghorse - Kinghorse, 1990 CD      Caroline Records - CAROL 1615-2 Requested: rezerred. A FLAC link to the 1988-1992 compilation is welcome! Remove brackets and unzip: [GROZER] !ZER Kinghorse ZER!

Critical Defiance - Misconception

01. Critical Defiance - Misconception, 2019 CD Album      Unspeakable Axe Records - UAR053 Chilean thrash murder! If you liked yesterday's Erosion reload, stay tuned. This CD is so exciting it is one of the zerrest highlights of my 2019. It explodes with fast, concise, aggressive thrash metal nurtured from solid 80s roots while delivering modern virtuosity and impact. This is bliss to the demanding thrashonaut. Critical Defiance draw from many influences but could be summarily described as an attack of Holy Moses | Erosion techno-thrash with expert twin guitars and superb arrangements of Acrophet level. Not reinventing the wheel but driving it fast and loud to the precise and final destination: the back of your skull. Killer triplazering thrashification of the zeriverse! Remove brackets and unzip: [thrash til zer] !ZER Critical Defiance ZER!

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Reload: Erosion

01. Erosion - Mortal Agony, 1988 Vinyl LP Album      We Bite Records, We Bite Records - WB 036, WE BITE 036 02. Erosion - Thoughts, 1989 CD Album      We Bite Records, We Bite Records - WE BITE 058, WE BITE 058 CD 03. Erosion - Gunman, 1991 CD Single      We Bite Records, We Bite Records - WB 084CD, We Bite 084CD 04. Erosion - III, 1992 CD Album      We Bite Records - WB 1-095-2 05. Erosion - Down..., 1995 CD Album      We Bite Records - WB 1-138-2 Requested: rezerred. Remove brackets and unzip: [dead europe] !ZER Erosion ZER!

Spirit Adrift - Divided By Darkness

01. Spirit Adrift - Divided By Darkness, 2019 CD Album      20 Buck Spin - SPIN115 I discovered this band with this third album of theirs and despite the silly artwork a large smile of satisfaction has occupied my face since. This is golden heavy metal of the doom sort in the vein of recent masters like Crypt Sermon or old ones like Solstice. If large metal with a propensity for slowness, a great deal of guitar work and haunting melodies is your thing, think no more and click. The whole thing is more original than this feeble attempt at a description suggests, partly thanks to the excellent singing that subtly differs from what you'd expect in this context and partly because even if Spirit Adrift do not slow down as much as Procession, King Goat or Fvneral Fvkk, they know how to create similarly addictive songs. Links to FLAC rips of the first two albums are of course very welcome. Remove brackets and unzip: [doomification of the metal] !ZER Spirit Adrift ZER!

United

01. United - Bloody But Unbowed, 1990 CD Album      Howling Bull - HBR-F0001 02. United - Human Zoo, 1992 CD Album      Howling Bull - HBR-F0009 03. United - No IQ, 1996 CD Album      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14107-2 04. United - Reload, 1997 CD Album Remastered      Victor - VICP-5821 05. United - Distorted Vision, 1999 CD Album      Howling Bull America - HBA 007      Reissue from 2001 06. United - Infectious Hazard, 2001 CD Album      Howling Bull Records - HWCA-1039 07. United - Core, 2002 CD Album      Howling Bull Entertainment, Inc. - HWCA-1081 08. United - Nine, 2005 CD Album      Howling Bull - HWCA-1104 09. United - Tear Of Illusions, 2011 CD Album      Spiritual Beast - IUCP-16102 10. United - Scars Of The Wasted Years, 2012 CD Album Stereo      413Tracks - FTCS-2494 11. United - Absurdity, 2018 CD Album      Spiritual Beast - IUCP-16292 NRAR with the latest release Absurdity. The remarks from the 2013 post still stand: large influences from Metallica in the early days, larger influences from Exodus and much increased heaviosity in the releases since Reload (LOL or was this an intended pun and farewell to the Gaytallica of the 90s?). Plain rocking thrash metal, then deadly aggressive thrash metal: heart-shaped fingers. Now the newest album Absurdity: contains killer songs BUT the disgraceful, artificial tone of the kick drum prevents the album to gain five stars like its savage predecessors. Computers are great, just don't abuse with sampling in your mix! Still a great album that shall break some necks and bang that head. United have been a staple of the Japanese thrash metal scene for almost four decades, and with Outrage they are the least Japanese-sounding entity of the lot. Is this why Gotsu Totsu Kotsu, Jurassic Jade, Yasha and many others are more exciting? Value is subjective, nobody can answer. Let's just blast the monster Tear Of Illusion one more time to be sure. Exploding thrashisation of the triplazering legends! Remove brackets and unzip: [thrashonauts] !ZER United ZER!