Tankard

01. Tankard - Zombie Attack, 1986 Vinyl LP Album      Noise International - N 0046 02. Tankard - Zombie Attack, 1986 CD Album Reissue      Noise International - N 0046-3      Reissue from 1993 03. Tankard - Chemical Invasion, 1987 CD Album Reissue      Sanctuary Records, Noise Records - 2759679, 2759679      Reissue from 2011 04. Tankard - Chemical Invasion, 1987 Vinyl LP Album Repress      Combat - 88561-8200-1      Reissue from 1989 05. Tankard - The Morning After / Alien, 1988 CD Compilation Remastered Reissue      Noise, Sanctuary Records - N04002, N04002      Reissue from 2005 06. Tankard - Alien, 1989 Vinyl 12" Mini-Album      Noise International, Noise International - N 0131-5, NUK 131 07. Tankard - The Meaning Of Life, 1990 CD Album Reissue Remastered      Noise International, Sanctuary Records - NO4012, NO4012      Reissue from 2005 - 5 live bonus tracks 08. Tankard - Fat, Ugly & Live, 1991 CD Album      Noise International - N 0166-2      Heavy Metal 09. Tankard - Stone Cold Sober, 1992 CD Album Remastered Reissue      Союз, Noise Records, Sanctuary - N04022, N04022, N04022      Reissue from 2006 10. Tankard - Stone Cold Sober, 1992 Vinyl 12" 45 RPM Picture Disc Maxi-Single      Noise International - N 0190-9 11. Tankard - Two-Faced, 1994 CD Album Reissue Remastered      Noise Records - N04032      Reissue from 2005 12. Tankard, Tankwart - The Tankard, 1995 CD Compilation      Sanctuary Records, Noise Records - N04042, N04042 , Compilation      Reissue from 2005 - Contains 19 songs by: Tankard, Tankwart 13. Tankwart - Himbeergeist Zum Frühstück, 1996 CD Album      CD-Maximum - CDM 1107-2758      Reissue from 2008 14. Tankard - Disco Destroyer, 1998 CD Album      Century Media - 77209-2 15. Tankard - Kings Of Beer, 2000 CD Album      Century Media - 77274-2 16. Tankard - B-Day: 20th Anniversary Album, 2002 CD Album      CD-Maximum - CDM 0702-934 17. Tankard - Beast Of Bourbon, 2004 CD Album Enhanced Limited Edition      AFM Records - AFM 076-9 18. Tankard - The Beauty And The Beer, 2006 CD Album      AFM Records - AFM 108-2 19. Tankard - Thirst, 2008 CD Album      AFM Records - AFM 231-2 20. Tankard - Vol(L)ume 14, 2010 CD Album      AFM Records, Союз - AFM 324-2, AFM 324-2 21. Tankard - A Girl Called Cerveza, 2012 CD Album      Nuclear Blast - NB 2917-2 22. Tankard - R.I.B., 2014 CD Album      Pacheco Records - 055 23. Tankard - One Foot In The Grave, 2017 CD Album, CD Album, All Media Limited Edition Numbered      Nuclear Blast - none 24. Tankard - One Foot In The Grave, 2017 CD Album, CD Album, All Media Limited Edition Numbered      Nuclear Blast - none      Live At The Rock Hard Festival 2016 THRASH TIL BEER! Hangover forever! Tankard have been at it for over 35 years and do not seem to contemplate retirement. Thrash til death? Remember glorious 1986: Darkness Descends, Reign In Blood, Life Of Dreams, Lo Spirito Continua, Game Over... and Zombie Attack!! What a neck-breaking year. Zombie Attack was less dark than the other bombs, but just as essential and powerful. This album contains only classics and is by far my favorite in their impressive discography, for it also has that excellent punk edge - fans of GBH should salivate. The next two albums offer an increase in intensity and speed - Assassin level - but from the 90s on, things become less exciting. NB: none of these post-1990 releases is bad, but the early fan can only become jaded because Tankard never renovate, innovate nor rejuvenate - except maybe on the two Tankwart albums which are almost entirely punk rock, not a particularly interesting one, yet cool stuff for the NoFx enthusiast. Speaking of punk, do not miss their Gang Green cover (nor the Rose Tattoo one for that matter). Beast Of Bourbon stands out for its ferocity that almost touches Sodom levels. More good, energetic album are B-Day, Disco Destroyer and a couple of others. but but but for the last 10 years nothing sufficiently exciting has come out of the Tankard factory - like Destruction, they just release albums that have all the parameters, but not the soul. On top of that, Tankard excel at party or horror sci-fi lyrics, but every time they touch on "social issues" and other serious matters, they end up ridiculing themselves with superficial, irritating, adolescent militant crap that would make a high school punk band blush. Man, at your age, read a book or two and think for a minute before excreting facebook-level pissosophy, or keep drinking. Alright, that being said, Tankard are a pillar of the thrash metal and let's bang our heads against the zombie of bourbon! Remove brackets and unzip: [zombiefryer] !ZER Tankard ZER!

Chronical Diarrhoea

01. Chronical Diarrhoea - Royal Diarrhoea, 1987 Vinyl 7" 33 ⅓ RPM EP Numbered      Anti-Schelski Records - A.S.R. 001 02. Chronical Diarrhoea - The Last Judgement, 1988 CD Compilation      Nuclear Blast - NB 045 CD      Reissue from 1991 - Salomo Says 03. Chronical Diarrhoea - The Last Judgement, 1989 CD Compilation      Nuclear Blast - NB 045 CD      Reissue from 1991 - Abstract Carnage EP 04. Chronical Diarrhoea - The Last Judgement, 1991 CD Compilation      Nuclear Blast - NB 045 CD The question of the day is: why would anyone want to listen to Chronical Diarrhoea when they can have unlimited servings of Heresy, Concrete Sox, DRI, Rose Rose, Inferno, Attitude Adjustment and so many other capital purveyors of fine thrashing? Why? Chronical Diarrhoea were a German attempt at mixing all of the above, and I wonder why I still have their records (I did not bother to rip the Salomo Says LP, this CD version will be enough). This stuff is moderately fun and musically inferior to any of the classics. The Last Judgment is almost impossible to listen to, so sluggish, so meh. The rest is high-school garage level at best: sloppy and not intense enough to compensate for the sloppiness (unlike Lärm!) and the mediocre punk riffs. But there is still enough potential for the non-jaded fan of 80s thrashcore to dig this, so let us all have fun in the sun. Remove brackets and unzip: [Justin LaTrompe McRond] !ZER Chronical Diarrhoea ZER!

Ripping Corpse + Dim Mak

01. Ripping Corpse - Dreaming With The Dead, 1991 CD Album Repress      Kraze - 3275-11070-2 02. Ripping Corpse - Splattered Remains, 1990 Vinyl 12" Limited Edition      CCG Underground Records - CCG6 22007-409 03. Dim Mak - Enter The Dragon, 1999 CD Album      Dies Irae Productions - DAY 002 CD 04. Dim Mak - Intercepting Fist, 2002 CD Album Remastered      Mighty Music - PMZ031-2 05. Dim Mak - Knives Of Ice, 2006 CD Album      Willowtip - WT-044 06. Dim Mak - The Emergence Of Reptilian Altars, 2011 CD Album      Willowtip - WT-102 Death metal from the parallel zeriverse! Absolution of the perfected defenestration! Legend of ass-kicking and neuron-burning! Ripping Corpse were one of a kind, a star in the dark night of early death metal. The rage of Sadus and Dark Angel and the technicality of Atheist at the speed of Morbid Angel, combined with world class riffs - those riffs!!! - and crazy vocals that do not match the cookie monster standard, plus the formidable mega armaggeddon death and surgery of the rhythm section produce a unique and way too short of a classic. Dreaming With The Dead is also a monster because it is not devoid of hooks and catchy sonic phrases that propel the whole even higher and further, making it so memorable, and perfect. That's again because the riffs are so incredibly awesome. I rank it in the galaxy of Blessed Are The Sick and Demilich. It could come out today and be album of the year. Dim Mak is the band 3/5 of the RC members started in the 90s. The first two album are more or less followers of DWTD, and then come the last two albums, the ultimate beasts of death. Knives Of Ice is my favorite, a relentless, modernized pulverization of everything yet still with those immense riffs that stick to the neuron. Altars is a little darker, moodier and tortuous but has no less qualities, it just requires a little more playing. Those riffs!!! Terrific zerification in the riffing and complete bliss in the earslaughter! The ultimate deathonizer! Remove brackets and unzip: [zerring with the dead] !ZER Ripping Corpse, Dim Mak ZER!

Yob

01. Yob - Elaborations Of Carbon, 2002 CD Album      12th Records - none 02. Yob - Catharsis, 2003 Vinyl LP Album Reissue Limited Edition      Kreation Records - KR-17      Reissue from 2008 03. Yob - The Illusion Of Motion, 2004 CD Album      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14515-2 04. Yob - The Unreal Never Lived, 2005 CD Album      Metal Blade Records - 3984-14537-2 05. Yob - The Great Cessation, 2009 CD Album      Profound Lore Records - PFL-047 06. Yob - Atma, 2011 CD Album      Profound Lore Records - PFL 083 07. Yob - Live At Roadburn 2010, 2012 Vinyl LP Album x 2      Roadburn Records - RBR024LP 08. Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend, 2014 CD Album      Neurot Recordings - NR090 09. Yob - Our Raw Heart, 2018 CD Album      Relapse Records - RR7402 After the blatant ones, here comes the singular Yob. It is a massive beast that produces large slabs of slow music that can crush and hypnotize under the rule of great doom bordering on amazing with a gentle avalanche of sludge and some sadness in the singing. Yob could be said to remind of the heaviest parts of Goatsnake, or venturing in Cathedral territory - almost Burning Witch at times - with very different vocals, but they never go Candlemass-doom metal nor Skepticism-funeral nor Temple Of Void-doom-death, they do Yob, and it rocks! Slowly, but it rocks, even if it cannot be tagged stoner rock. They indeed have developed their own sound, it delivers a pleasing experience to rest the neuron and the aural conduits. I do not know which album is my favorite, probably The Illusion Of Motion for the mundane reason it is the first that I bought. Trivia: their singer does the vocals in the infinitely awesome Vhöl. Remove brackets and unzip: [fraise] !ZER Yob ZER!

Blatant Yobs

01. Blatant Yobs - No Pain, No Gain, 1992 CD Album      Old World Records - OWR 022 CD      1-11: No Pain, No Gain, 12-26: Step Aside (1989) Crossover time! One CD, two great albums of straightforward thrashing hardcore with the 80s metal edge. This is nothing you have not heard before - a bit of the Accüsed, some Angkor Wat, a touch of Emils, a slice of ST - but it is all delivered with energetic passion and all the necessary speed and rage. Very effective rocking turbozer crossover! Remove brackets and unzip: [cross of zer] !ZER Blatant Yobs ZER!

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Demilich

01. Demilich - Nespithe, 1993 CD Album      Pavement Music - 76962-32208-2  02. Demilich - 20th Adversary Of Emptiness, 2014 CD Compilation Remastered x 2      Svart Records - SVR257CD      CD1 - Nespithe remastered 03. Demilich - 20th Adversary Of Emptiness, 2014 CD Compilation Remastered x 2      Svart Records - SVR257CD      CD2 - demos & unreleased tracks 1991 / 2006 Orgy of death! The Finnish super-classic has eaten your flesh and mind for over 25 years, and has now taken off to a new orbit with the superb 2014 reissue that contains pretty much everything else the band ever recorded. This album - this band - is one of a kind. It cannot be compared to anything else. Yes there are the fast parts, yes there are the inhuman vocals, yes there are the crazy riffs, but the sum of it all is weirder - more original - than words may convey, and yet it remains extremely user friendly. Complex but flowing, strange but not impenetrable - more like offering a new thing to discover upon each listen, with a big smile for its uplifting spirit. The headbanging is strong, the mood is perfect, this is spiritual death metal for the true zerist. Eternally hovering death metal quadrant in the Zeriverse! Remove brackets and unzip: [death and madness] !ZER Demilich ZER!

Blitzkrieg

01. Blitzkrieg - A Time Of Changes, 1985 CD Album Reissue      Castle Music - CLACD 268      Reissue from 1992 02. Blitzkrieg - Unholy Trinity, 1995 CD Album      Neat Metal - NM002 03. Blitzkrieg - Ten, 1996 CD Album      Neat Metal - NM010 04. Blitzkrieg - The Mists Of Avalon, 1998 CD Album      Neat Metal - NM032 05. Blitzkrieg - Absolute Power, 2002 CD Album      Edgy - EDGY115 06. Blitzkrieg - Sins And Greed, 2005 CD Album      Metal Nation Records - MNR004 07. Blitzkrieg - Theatre Of The Damned, 2007 CD Album Enhanced      Armageddon Music - AMG 064-0 08. Blitzkrieg - Back From Hell, 2013 CD Album      Metal Nation Records - MNR013 09. Blitzkrieg - A Time Of Changes: 30th Anniversary Edition, 2015 CD Album      Metal Nation Records - MNR 014 10. Blitzkrieg - Judge Not !, 2018 CD Album      Spiritual Beast - IUCP-16287 British heavy metal will never die! Featuring the legendary Brian Ross on vocals who also makes Satan great again, Blitzkrieg deliver a less-speed-metal-more-hard-rocking version of NWOBHM than the aforementioned Satan. Fans of Avenger, Angel Witch and Tysondog already know and love that. A big influence on Metallica (see B side of Creeping Death), Blitzkrieg are fabulously catchy, crunchy and simply brilliant, not one bad album here. If you need an introduction, start (of course) with the two version of the first album (the re-recording is amazing), and then the superb Back From Hell. The new one Judge Not! and Absolute Power are of course excellent too - as all the the rest. Up there with Saxon, one of the best bands of their generation, and the next, and so on! Blitzkrieg eternalizer triplazer heavy metalizer! Remove brackets and unzip: [NWOBHM forever] !ZER Blitzkrieg ZER!