Varukers / Phane - split EP (2026)
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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! |
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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! |
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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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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! |
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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! |
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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! |