Lost Society - Terror Hungry GREAT ALBUM GREAT BAND GO AND THRASH YOUR BALLZ OUT!! 4,8/5

So Leute, nun komme ich auch mal dazu etwas über das neue LOST SOCIETY Album zu schreiben. Hatte es dank dem top Mailorder von Nuclear Blast schon einen Tag vor offiziellem Release und seitdem auch ausgiebig gehört. Und wann ist der Zeitpunkt besser als im Urlaub bei sonnigem Wetter auf der Terrasse?! ;)

Erwartungsgemäß knüpft TERROR HUNGRY dort an, wo FAST LOUD DEATH geendet hat. Nämlich bei endgeilen Riffs, Solies, die ihres Gleichen suchen und bei unglaublicher Spielfreude. Von Letzterem konnte ich mich ja im Januar diesen Jahres live selbst überzeugen. Einfach eine Wucht, die vier Burschen.

SOUNDtechnisch hat sich nicht viel verändert. Muss es aber auch nicht. Denn der Widererkennungswert ist geradezu übermächtig. Die Produktion büßt kein bischen an frischer Energie ein. Auf der Höhe der Zeit ohne sich selbst zu verlieren trifft es wohl ziemlich genau. Stellenweise klingen die Songs sogar noch etwas brutaler als auf der Vorgängerplatte. Dies ist wohl dem verbesserten Gitarrensound geschuldet?!

Im direkten Vergleich der beiden LOST SOCIETY Scheiben stellt sich mir im Bezug auf das SONGWRITING immer wieder eine Frage. Inteligente Verspieltheit oder rasende Aggressivität?? Songs wie "Spurgatory", "Game Over", "Attaxic", "Lethal Pleasure", "Terror Hungry", "Tyrant Takeover", "Overdosed Brain", "F.F.E.", "Mosh It Up" und allen voran "Brewtal Awakening" sind einfach genial Tracks. Jedoch haben für mich Songs wie "N.W.L.", "Thrash All Over You", "E.a.G.", "Bitch Get Out' My Way", "Toxic Avenger", "Braindead Metalhead" und "Piss Out My Ass" von der FAST LOUD DEATH schon jetzt absoluten Kultstatus. Und somit komme ich zu dem Entschluss, dass mir das Debut immer noch n Stück besser abgeht, trotz des stärkeren Gitarrensoundes auf TERROR HUNGRY. Aber das ist bekanntlich ja Geschmacksache. Fakt ist, dass auch TERROY HUNGRY mega spaß macht und ein absolut fettes Album ist, was in der heutigen Zeit sicherlich seines Gleichen sucht und nur schwer zu toppen sein wird. 

Die Platte ist mit insgesamt 13 erstklassigen Thrash SONGs bestückt und kommt auf eine Spielzeit von 51:35. Leider muss ich hier Abzüge in der B-Note machen, da mir leider bei der Vinylversion der Bonustrack, den es nur auf der CD gibt (Twisted Sister Cover von You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll) fehlt. Warum??? 

Das ARTWORK kommt von einem Künstler, ich glaube sogar aus Deutschland, von dem ich zuvor noch nie etwas gehört habe. Jan Meininghaus ist sein Name. Und den sollte man sich mal hinter die Löffel schreiben. Zu finden unter www.jan-meininghaus.de. Zieht euch bei Belieben einfach mal was von dem rein. Ziemlich gutes Zeug. Gleiches gilt auch für das neue LOST SOCIETY Cover. Hoffe, dass seine Kunst in Zukunft noch viele weitere Metalklassiker schmücken wird.

Neben der schon angesprochenen Digi-CD Veröffentlichung gibt es das tolle Stück für uns Sammler und Genießer auch als Vinyl Format. Die Platte ist als "normale" schwarze LP und als streng limitierte Clear LP, welche nur über den Nuclear Blast Shop bestellt werden kann erhältlich. Limitiert ist die 140g Clear Version auf gerade einmal 275 Stück. Das LAYOUT fällt ähnlich wie bei FAST LOUD DEATH aus. Gatefold, was mir persönlich einfach am besten gefällt, mit allen Songtexten, Bilder, Danksagungen etc. Leider kein Poster wie bei der ersten Platte.

TERROR HUNGRY zählt zu meinen absoluten Favoriten dieses Jahr. Bin mal gespannt ob und wenn, wer dieses Album dieses Jahr noch schlagen kann. Absolute Kaufverpflichtung!!

SONGWRITING 4,5/5
SOUND 5/5
SONGS 4,8/5
ARTWORK 5/5
LAYOUT 4,5/5

TOTAL 4,8/5

Lost Society - Terror Hungry 2014 Gatefold Clear Vinyl (Nuclear Blast/ 27361 32091)

Tracklist

SIDE A

01 Spurgatory

02 Game Over

03 Attaxic

04 Lethal Pleasure

05 Terror Hungry

06 Snowroad Blowout

07 Tyrant Takeover

SIDE B

08 Overdosed Brain

09 Thrashed Reality

10 F.F.E.

11 Brewtal Awakening

12 Mosh It Up

13 Wasted After Midnight

Total 51:35

Power Trip - Manifest Decimation

Great Thrash from Texas, USA. The Cover reminds me a bit on SLAYER's REIGN IN BLOOD & SOUTH OF HEAVEN. BALOFF greetings also. Every old and of course new THRASHER should sharpen its ears. Support POWER TRIP, METAL in general & FRASH TIL YOUR BALLS EXPLODE!!

Cheers

DOImI  

Power Trip - Manifest Decimation 2013 Black Vinyl (Southern Lord Recordings/ LORD 175)

Tracklist

SIDE A

01 Manifest Decimation

02 Heretic's Fork

03 Conditioned To Death

04 Murderer's Row

SIDE B

05 Crossbreaker

06 Drown

07 Power Trip

08 The Hammer Of Doubt

Total: 34:38

POWER TRIP: Old School Thrash From Texas

So last but not least. POWER TRIP from Texas/USA did a killer job on their MANIFEST DECIMATION. Old school sounding thrash at its finest! Check out the tunes below and get this great piece of metal!!

Check out BREATHLESS from spain

Another killer band from almost one of the best new thrash scene. How many great bands come from spain man?? Check my spain label to see what I mean.

And for your listening pleasure lads and gents

Lost Society - Fast Loud Death 4,9/5

Through several media the band Lost Society was on everyone's lips the last past weeks. Seems like Nuclear Blast has obviously done a great job. :) And not only there. Thanks again for letting me freak out one day before its official release here in germany. ;)

Lost Society is a new Thrash Metal combo from Finland. They was formed in 2010 by Samy Elbanna at the age of just 14. Their first 3-song Demo was made in August of 2011. With this in the back they apply at the worldwide talent compition "Global Battle of the Bands". Although the missing of the registration deadline cannot stop these maniax and they won the local battle. So tireless live playing pays off precisley. 

And now the time has come for worlds infecting by releasing their Debut Loud Fast Death in 2013.

So my thoughts about this record, oh man that's really hard. Where should I start. I start with the cover. The artwork comes from the MAN in cover artwork himself Mr. Ed Repka and it looks totally awesome in 12". But why 12" when you can have it in A2?! Yeah, you get this great art in a poster format with the vinyl. Have I say before that I love vinyls? ;) In my opinion the cover reflects perfectly what you can expect from the inside. The finest Thrash Metal you could find nowaday. Best Art for best bands! As simply as that.

The vinyl version comes as a 12" Gatefold Edition includes 13 tracks and 2 Bonus tracks so you get a lot of metal for your money. And not only metal, as I said before you get one of the best new Thrash Metal songs I heard for a long time. I mean songs like "Piss out my ass" or "Bitch, out' my way" doesn't need more further declarations right?! :)) The vinyl I got is a strictly limited color/ clear vinyl and was only pressed to 150 copies worldwide.I think they are all sold out already but if you're a vinyl fan like myself is one, you can order the normal black vinyl directely through the Nuclear Blast Shop here. So go and get your copy soon and freak out like I did to this new masterpiece! :)))

SONGWRITING 4,8/5
SOUND 5/5
SONGS 4,5/5
ARTWORK 5/5
LAYOUT 5/5

Fast Loud Death get a 4,9/5 from me!

Lost Society - Fast Loud Death 12" Gatefold Limited Edition Clear Vinyl (2013 - Nuclear Blast 27361 30101)

Tracklist

SIDA A

01 N.W.L.

02 Trash All Over You

03 E.A.G.

04 Kill (Those Who Oppose Me)

05 Bitch, Out' My Way

06 Fast Loud Death

07 Lead Through The Head

SIDE B

08 Diary Of A Thrashman

09 Toxic Avenger

10 This Is Me

11 Brainded Metalhead

12 Piss Out My Ass

13 Fatal Anoxia

14 Escape From Delirium

15 I Stole Your Love

150 copies

For all of those who has any doubts about my above opinions about LOUD FAST DEATH go and check out the tunes below. You won't be disappointed! I promise you that!!

Evile - Enter the Grave 11/10

For servaral years, the opinions about Evile differ greatly. But in my personal opinion, they're still one of the best in this genre and I think their debut from 2007 isn't reached until to this day!

I'm banging right now to Enter the Grave which was the beginning of the whole revival Thrash Scene for me started with all these great bands from the UK like Gama Bomb, SSS, Pitiful Reign, Mutant, Warpath, Savage Messiah... and man it's damn bloody good to hear this old sh#t right now!! 10 killer produced old school Thrash Metal songs by non other than legendary Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica) at Sweet Silence Studios in Kopenhagen, Dänemark. With this record you will find everything which you will search in Thrash Metal music. Killer vox, killer drums, killer riffs, killer solo work. It's just perfect for me and because of that this milestone deserve a 11/10 hell yeah!!
My personal favorites of this record are the awesome opener and the song, which gave this classic it's name ENTER THE GRAVE, then it goes on with FIRST BLOOD, a tribute to the 1st Rambo film, then KILLER FROM THE DEEP with for me one of the best head crushing riffs in the middle to the dark melodic intro of WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE to BATHE IN BLOOD with a main riff that will kill all your cervical and this damn good finisher ARMOURED ASSAULT so you see, this album is fully packed with ballz to wall music.

Grab yourself a copy of this Monsterrecord if you haven't already and destroy whatever you've been able to catch around.

THE RETURN OF HEADS DOWN NO NONSENSE THRASH METAL!!

Eradikator - Dystopia 10/10

As some of you know or might not know, I'm a really huge fan of the N.W.O.T.M.-Scene especially of the UK Thrash since back in 2007 like bands such as Warpath, Mutant, Gama Bomb, SSS, Pitful Reign, Savage Messiah and so on. But it all started with Evile's Enter the Grave...

The cover of Dystopia from Eradikator reminds me a bit of previous named LP.

So how does it come that I never heard of this band before? This is unforgivable!! Dystopia is a smooth 10 of 10. This album is killer man!! Great sound produced by their own and mixed and mastered by Ajeet Gill with Andy MacNevin  at Hellfire Studios, Birmingham UK.
All songs has the feelings of 80s Metallica, the dynamic of early Megadeth. Pat act like a mangy mutt on the mike. Sounds like dunkin' Hetfield back in the 80s.
All leads were such high quality. No wonder if you look at their influences (Kirk Hammett, Marty Friedman, Jimmy Hendrix, Slash to name only the most important).

What I like the most on this record besides these great heavy and ingenious riffs, the perfect fitting drums and the mighty leads is the fact that the more you hear it, the more you get sucked into it. It gets boring at NO time!

I really enjoy the end of the album because it is fully instrumental and Odysseus is one of the best songs ever were written for me. It is melancholy, sensitive, slow, fast and simultaneously so heavy though. Words can not even describe again. ;) 

So you have to have a listen and spread the word like a fuckin' virus ERADIKATOR! 

 

Tantara Based on Evil Halloween Orange Vinyl

So ordered this right now. Day of destruction comes closer and closer... ;)

High Roller Records, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, 2 page cardboard lyric insert, halloween orange vinyl

...there is also a black one. limited to 150 copies

















So go and order your copy right here!

Tantara Evil they come

Holy shit; look what was in the mail today. Cannot wait for the Full-lenght!!!

limited to 300 copies!