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GUIDE 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
S.A. SLAYER (USA)
At this early stage of the genre's
development one shouldn't expect very forceful thrash, and this is not the case
here. This is the band where Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink) showed his
great skills for the first time, although here he barely hints at his much bigger potential (well, the style doesn't give him many opportunities to do that). The music is mostly traditional power metal, with
some thrashy elements, very catchy and entertaining, an obvious influence on the
future thrash metal scene.
Prepare To Die EP, 1983 Vibrations of Doom S.D.I. (GERMANY)
A cult speed/thrash metal band. The
guys caused quite a controversy with "I Wanna Fuck You", which remained the
band's biggest hit. The other songs from the debut are in a similar
thrash/crossover vein, but on "Sign Of The Wicked" the band really hit the top.
Apart from the traditional more immediate numbers, there are some technical
pieces which are hard to match even by the biggest names in the genre ("Coming
Again", or the less-than-three-minute-marvel "Sign Of The Wicked"). The band
possess the unique talent to create very catchy songs, which will stay in your
mind for days and longer. On "Mistreated", the technical tendencies go even
further, resulting in a more elaborate, complex, but still a very solid
sound.
Satans Defloration Incorporated Full-length, 1986 My Space S.G.M. (USA)
Melodic thrash/crossover with a jolly, punk-ish attitude, and mostly mid-paced, without any fast, aggressive parts.
Aggression Full-length, 1988 S.N.F. (CHILE)
A great demo with some awesome Alex
Skolnick -like guitar work, courtesy of Ilvaro Soms (who later moved to the best
Chilean metal band- Dorso). The music is Testament-influenced and something else
which is hard for me to define (perhaps it's the joke punk-ish moments like "Mr.
Harry").
...Acting Like A Fool Demo, 1989 My Space S.S.A. (USA)
Modern thrash which sounds quite close to Tourniquet's "Vanishing Lessons", but far less good. This is mid-paced stuff, with a certain amount of groove, and one very cool short instrumental- "Herbie Perogie", which nicely mixes funky elements with hard-hitting riffage. The rest is too one-dimensional and boring, without any other highlights, with one tender ballad as a finishing touch ("Sunshine").
Deal With It Full-Length, 1994 S.T.I. (BRAZIL)
Cool aggressive thrash metal ala
Sepultura and Atomica, with some punky parts and hardcore-ish
outbursts in the vein of S.O.D. ("Eternal Shit"). The songs are short, fast outbursts, with sharp riffs, and gruff, throaty vocals.
Twen Two Visions Full Length,1993 SABBAT (JAPAN)
One of the oldest Japanese metal
bands, the band's style has mutated throughout the years starting with primitive,
Venom-influenced black metal on the first EP's to a combination of thrash, black
and death metal on the 90's releases, with the Venom-influences being present all
the time.
Sabbat EP, 1985 My Space SABBAT (UK)
Often considered as the finest
British thrash metal band, Sabbat have a very original sound with a unique, pagan
atmosphere frequently imitated, but seldom achieved. "History of a Time to Come" is a sure-handed debut, establishing immediately the band as a major thrash force on the UK metal scene. Along with the more direct, headbanging thrashers (the opener "Cautionary Tale", "Hosanna In Excelsis"), there are longer, more ambitious songs, which are not technical achievements per se, but are quite interesting: the heavy, stomping "Horned Is The Hunter", which introduces the genuine pagan touch; the intense semi-technical thrashing fury "I For An Eye"; the excellent mix of heavy, doomy riffs and sharp, faster, galloping ones on "Church Bizarre".
History
of a Time to Come Full-length, 1988 My Space SABRETUNG (AUSTRALIA)
A young Australian thrash metal band who turn to the 80's for inspiration, and have obviously found it in the
thrash/crossover side of the scene, in particular D.R.I., Corrosion Of Conformity's more thrashy works, and
D.B.C.'s debut. The problem is that these young Australians get tired of keeping the music at a faster, more
aggressive pace and slow down to mid-tempo, even slower, at times. This can be easily fixed on later efforts
as the guys definitely have a lot of energy, and the musicianship at display is not bad at all.
The Price
Is Pain EP, 2006 My Space SACKRACE (HUNGARY)
A very intriguing album, mixing modern thrash with some stylish Voivod-ish technical riffs (think both "Killing Technology" and "Negatron"). There are also shades of early Meshuggah and Equinox. The music is mostly mid-paced, with numerous interesting moments, as well as some stylish lead guitar. The riffs are quite choppy and technical, quite mechanical and dry at times, but never too complex or abstract. The vocal styles also vary according to the style meanderings, although neither of them is suitable to the much better music; some of them are shouted hardcore-ish ones, others are clean, alternative ones, and those could be quite irritating, with their absolutely non-metal blend.
Pain in the Fist Full-length, 1997 SACRAMENT (FINLAND)
The band's style calls to mind the
Canadians Eidolon- their early, less thrashy period. Powerful, dark sound which
could fit even Nevermore very well; heavy songs which never drag or lose
coherence, aggravated by good, mid-range vocals.
Confuse My Mind Demo, 1999
Official Site SACRAMENT (GERMANY)
Based on "Agony", the band's style is close to early Iced Earth and Meliah Rage, but lacking those bands' flair and stylish guitar work, without any particular claims at more original or non-standard play. There are some pure thrash headbangers, and they are definitely the better and more attractive side of the band's music (the very good "Scat the Dark Eyes Aglow", and "Prophets of Doom"). "Guilty", on the other hand, has a pagan/viking flavour, and would fit on any of the Falconer albums. "Feed the Memory" is a magnificent acoustic ballad, and is very close to the highlight of the whole album- a great song! The few attempts at more technical play are directly stolen from other bands (riffs from "Seed of Scorn" are taken from Annihilator's "Alison Hell"; the beginning of "Thin End of the Wedge" is a direct nod to Artillery).
Agony Full-length, 1995 Official Site SACRAMENT (USA, IL)
Badly produced, but energetic thrash. The guys definitely have ideas to pull it through, and at times the music gets really inspired and interesting, but the sound quality, and the annoying hardcore-ish vocals impede the proceedings. The pace varies from heavy and pounding moments similar to Nasty Savage's debut, to some up-tempo Slayer-esque ones, plus one chaotic, early Voivod-ish number: "AFU".
Demo Demo, 1988 SACRAMENT (USA, PN)
Arguably the finest Christian thrash
metal band. The debut is an aggressive, uncompromising thrash offering, in the vein
of Dark Angel's "Darkness Descends" and Devastation's "Idolatry"- relentless, fast assault, with quite a few clever, semi-technical riffs present, as well as some nice melodic touches in the lead department. "Haunts Of
Violence" tones down the aggression, and concentrates on the more technical play, already hinted at on the debut,
resulting in a really great listening experience. The music is still fast-paced, but the slower, technical breaks are more frequent, and the tempo changes, not staying in the speedy parametres for too long. A good example for these tempo changes is the heavy, slow-ish number: "Souls in Torment", which flows in a slightly sleepy fashion, until it's interrupted by a much faster, intense passage in the middle, after which it calms down again. This is probably how the third
Forbidden album would have sounded like, if they had followed the road up after
"Twisted Into From". Unfortunately Sacrament had apparently no more to give to
the thrash metal fans, and disappeared soon after.
Testimony of Apocalypse
Full-length, 1990 My Space SACRAMENT LA (USA)
Yes, you guessed right, the band come from Los Angeles, but the sound is vintage San Francisco Bay Area thrash (at least they didn't have to look for inspiration much further), akin to Forbidden's debut, and the Germans Pyracanda (their very good debut). The tempo is fast-paced, except on the heavy stomper "Getta Life".
Getta Life Demo, 1990 SACRARIO (BRAZIL)
An obscure gem from the Brazilian scene; this band pull out exemplary aggressive thrash in the mid-period Sepultura mould ("Beneath the Remains", "Arise"), and Devastation ("Idolatry"). Actually this album sits comfortably between the two aforementioned albums, and could easily pass for a lost album Sepultura release. These guys are probably a bit more aggressive, touching proto-death at times. The first two tracks are furious fast-paced thrash at its best, and such intense delivery inevitably requires a break, and it comes on the form of "Drug Addiction": a nice mid-paced, very heavy piece. But that's it, since immediately after the assault carries on, producing some brilliant raging moments: "To Die is the End ?"; "Wasted Land", which is a bit more controlled, but nicely insert the only technical momnets on the album, recalling Pestilence's "Testimony of the Ancients"; "Extreme Unction". The closing "Divine Existence" again steps the pedal on a more technical approach, but the stomping, smashing riffs take over. This is a must-have for fans of the more brutal side of thrash, and definitely not for the faint-hearted.
Catastrophic Eyes Full-length, 1999 My Space SACRED CHAO (GERMANY)
This band was formed by Thorsten
Bergmann and Atomic Steif (both ex-members of Living Death). The music is very
quirky, having something in common with the guys' previous band, but could only
be loosely described as thrash; it's mostly progressive/power metal with very
interesting song structures, and Bergmann's vocals even more melodic and
comprehensible than on "World Neurosis".
Sacred Chao EP, 1989 Vibrations of Doom SACRED CRUCIFIX (FINLAND)
The first band formation dates back
from the late 80's, and they have been releasing demos on irregular basis, right
until this time. Heads down for the band's perseverance to finally get the
opportunity to release a full-length. This album obviously includes songs from
all their periods, but the style is pretty consistent, being old school death metal with
hints of thrash, somewhat along the lines of Massacre, or Massacra. Their later
period is more technical, drawing also resemblances to Death.
Aeon of Chaos
Full-length, 2004 Official Site SACRED CURSE (BRAZIL)
Based on the debut, this band play very cool Bay-Area-influenced thrash, sounding close to Forbidden's debut and Exodus. The music is fast and energetic, with sharp, cutting riffs. "My Reflections" is a deviation into a more melodic, crossover direction, which is followed by a couple of laid-back, softer tracks, carrying on in the same vein, maybe a bit more intense. Their number is probably bigger than necessary, and at some point the listener might stop looking for aggressive thrash riffage, until the last two songs: "Utopy", which returns to the thrashy style of the beginning, and the instrumental "Fuckin' Up", which is not as hard (and definitely not "fucked up"- pun intended), featuring cool melodic guitars.
Sacred Age Full-length, 1992 SACRED REICH (USA)
The band started very promisingly
with "Ignorance"- energetic/fast thrash, akin to Evildead's debut and even
Slayer's "Reign In Blood". "The American Way" is the band's magnum
opus: slower, but heavier than the debut with great, smashing riffs and a stunning
performance by everyone involved (even the rap-joke "31 Flavors" sounds fresh and
original). "Independent" is surprisingly melodic, with a laid-back power/thrash
sound and a few balladic touches. Their last effort brings back the aggression
again, but comes with a more modern, groovy sound.
Ignorance Full-length,
1987 Official Site SACRIFICE (CANADA)
One of the most prominent Canadian
thrash metal bands. Their beginnngs were quite raw and primitive, recalling
Possessed's "Seven Churches", but in a lesser way. "Forward To Termination" is a masterpiece of
well-thought, but quite uncompromising and agressive thrash; easily the band's best achievement. The instrumental brilliance "Terror Strikes" opens this album magnificently, recalling Destruction, both music and vocal-wise, as Rob Urbinati's vocals have this unique raspy blend as well, a not very common phenomenon on the scene. The album speeds up ahead, until it reaches the awesome epic riff-fest "Flames of Armageddon", which shows the more complex and ambitious side of the band. It is followed by another, equally complex, and even technical number: "The Entity". The songs which follow go back to the aggressive patterns of the beginning, as the intensity remains util the very end.
Torment in Fire Full-length, 1985 Official Site SACRIFICE(JAPAN)
A less known, but a pretty decent
Japanese band. The debut is a heavy, mid-paced affair sounding like a mixture
between Carnivore and Venom with weak, hardcore vocals. It's a bit monotonous and one-dimensional, but is strangely listenable, with its naive, but sincere approach; it includes some more up-tempo numbers for stirring the blood ("Tank", "Redrum"), but at other times the music almost completely loses its edge, sliding down to pure heavy metal ("Lucifer Smiles").
Crest of Black Full-Length,
1987 Vibrations of Doom SACRIFICE (SOUTH KOREA)
This is a brand new album coming from South Korea to offer us some more heavy, groovy thrash with hardcore
vocals, not too far from Pro-Pain. The music is not too stale, and moves around, becoming too aggressive at
times ("You Know The Truth"), and "Tribal" is a nice chunky thrasher. Just when one thought that the 90's sound has been fading away into obscurity, here come acts from the distant corners of the world (the Far East in this case), to give it another breath of fresh air...
Burning Rage Full-length, 2007 Official Site SACRIFICIAL (DENMARK)
Sacrificial appeared around the same
time as Invocator, but they were less lucky, and when their full-length debut came
out, Invocator already boasted a second full-length release. So what do we have
here? Sacrificial's debut takes a place between the two Invocator releases; it's
aggressive and technical like the debut, but shares the modern production and
attitude of the second one. The music most of the time is pure thrash with a classic edge, maybe more conventional than the one of Invocator, and with more frequent slower sections, which are quite intriguing, by the way, because this is where the riffs twist and crush with passion. "Destitute of Compassion" is the only track which is closer to death metal, and surprisingly recalls the Swedish Gothenburg sound, which at that stage was not yet fully developed (everything may have started in Denmark back in those days!?). Like Invocator, the guys don't need long compositions to show their technical skills, and it's the shorter tracks which carry a bigger technical charge ("Conducted Strain", "Edmund, A Butler's Tale"), and are the better ones. Reportedly on later works the band moved towards plain Swedish death metal with less thrashy elements.
Forever Entangled
Full-length, 1993 Official Site SACRIFICIAL BLOOD (USA)
Based on the Split with Zombie, these guys offer simplistic old school speed/thrash in the vein of early Whiplash and Hallows Eve. This is rough, mostly energetic music, with raw production qualities, and brutal death metal vocals. The band enjoy making covers, and here come two: "Shellshock" (Tank), and "Searchlights" (OZ), decently done, with the music taking a more accessible melodic turn, adapted to the more hard'n heavy music of those two acts.
Chaotic Compulsion Demo, 2003 Official Site SACRIFICIAL DAGGER (FINLAND)
A good 3-song demo of speedy Germanic thrash in the spirit of early Destruction and Kreator; fast-paced sharp riffs and rough, death metal vocals.
First Sacrifice Demo, 2006 Official Site SACRILEGE (UK)
A female-fronted thrash metal band, and
quite impressive at that; it has ties to two other more famous acts from the UK: Benediction and Cerebral Fix, since members of those two bands have played here. "Behind the Realms of Madness" is one of the first attempts at thrash from the UK, , and as such has its both good and bad sides; "Life Line" opens the album in a fairly energetic way- a cool mix of thrash and hardcore/punk. Later the songs get mostly mid-paced, but more hard-hitting and more enjoyable, with the presence of another happy thrash/crossover number: "A Violation of Something Sacred". The style has its Venom-influence, but is more professionally done.
Behind the Realms of Madness
Full-length, 1985 Vibrations of Doom SACRILEGE BC (USA)
A great thrash metal band who never
made it big despite the big potential on display here. The debut is a
relentless, fast thrash attack, which is not mindless bashing, like it often happens in the metal underground, but comes with great riffs, some slower breaks, good, albeit short leads, and some really cool bass implements, and at least one slower, stomping, ala Celtic Frost track- "Skinned Alive". "Too Cool to Pray" is less aggressive, with more clever guitar work, shades of crossover as well, and the leads are longer and more melodic; still a very good, headbanging fun all the way.
Party With God
Full-length, 1986 SACROSANCT (HOLLAND)
Sacrosanct were formed by the former Pestilence
guitarist Randy Meinhard. The band started with "Truth Is - What Is", a fairly good album, albeit a bit heavy-handed, with quite a few stylish moments scattered throughout, which, combined with the more conventional, energetic material, did not hold water for long; one might even start to wonder what such original touches do on an otherwise not too exceptional work. As a result the album worked as separate pieces, rather than one whole, with some songs really hitting hard both in the headbanging and technical department: "Terminal Suicide", "Catalepsy".
Truth Is - What Is Full-length,
1990 SADISTIC PAIN (USA)
Based on "Same": a 2-song demo of heavy, almost doomy thrash: "Mr. Morbid", and a somewhat pop-ish power/thrasher: think Motley Crue meets Laaz Rockit. The horrifying band name is not deserved at all, and clearly doesn't do the band justice, especially if they were aiming at the massive heavy metal crowd.
Same Demo, 1991 SADISTIC RAGE (USA)
This demo comes as a small version of Slayer's "Reign in Blood" (there are only three songs here): fast, aggressive thrash, slightly bordering on death metal. "Vision of Death" is longer (5 min), and brings forward some heavier, atmospheric moments.
Demo Demo, 1987 SADISTIC VISION (CANADA)
This is pure delight! Exquisite
technical thrash with more brutal proto-death passages, and very mean, clean vocals
which could have been an influence on the technical wave which started later in
the 90's from the same country. This is clearly not an immedaite listen, as the music at first might strike you as too chaotic and illogical. The songs are short (2-3min), but are packed with stupendous technical riffs and twisted time changes. "The Law Of The Jungle" offers a rawer and more brutal sound, whereas "Pris Au Piege" is a truly polished and more refined, but still quite aggressive slab of exquisite technical thrash. If you can imagine a more aggressive version of
Watchtower's debut...
1988 Demo Demo, 1988 SADOTANK (HOLLAND)
Brutal, aggressive thrash which comes as a blend of Sadus' debut and early Kreator; some occasional interesting guitar melodies could be heard, but most of the time this is fast bashing, with not much musicianship involved.
Alcoholic Hellnoise Full-length, 2007 Official Site SADUS (USA)
One of the finest bands to grace the
pages of this site, Sadus' beginnings were quite meek, with the very brutal,
messy proto-death sound on "Illusions". The sophomore release was a major
improvement, featuring some great technical thrash. "A Vision Of Misery" followed
in the same vein, showing that a new star on the metal horizon had come to shine. But Digiorgio's involvement
with numerous other bands kept the band at bay until 1997, when "Elements Of
Anger" saw the light of day. A colossal achievement, it pretty much summed up
everything which technical death/thrash metal was about. It failed, however,to generate
the necessary interest, and Digiorgio put an end to Sadus once again. 9 years later he seems to have found
some time to record under the Sadus name again (something which happens more and more
seldom, unfortunately...); "Out For Blood" goes even further into technical territories, and is not a very
immediate listen, but is another great effort on all counts.
Illusions
(Chemical Exposure) Full-length, 1988 Official Site SAHON (SOUTH KOREA)
Sahon started in an awesome fashion with "Made in Judecca"- aggressive 80's thrash with a more modern production similar to Slayer and Devastation, topped by death metal-styled vocals. The follow-up added more "spices" in the variety: death metal, hardcore, even grind; not bad, but too wild at times. "Brutally Compelled" is an excellent return to the more thrashy style of the debut, but this time the music is faster, a tad more technical, the vocals angrier, and the final result more satisfying.
Go For The Throat
Full-length, 1984
To my utter surprise I found out that this band had another full-length, released in the early 90's; but to my utter disappointment, this was some bland heavy metal, with no traces of thrash whatsoever. Some nice speedy songs still pack a punch, but they would make one even more upset, reminding him of the great past: "Ruling The World", "Mad World". "Mistreated" already suggested at the changes, but wisely stopped on the edge, without crossing the border towards undesirable music fields; with this obscure release the guys have done it. Classic heavy metal was falling from grace, along with thrash, and S.D.I. have done a cool job keeping it alive, but their hard-core fans will not be fascinated, to put it mildly.
Sign of the
Wicked Full-length, 1988
Mistreated Full-length, 1989
Unreleased Full-Length, 1991
Born by Evil Blood EP, 1987
Desecration EP,
1989
The devil's sperm is cold EP, 1989
The Seven Deadly Sins EP,
1990
Envenom Full-length, 1991
Evoke Full-length, 1992
Disembody
Full-length, 1993
Sabbatical Devilucifer EP, 1994
Fetishism Full-length,
1994
Bloody Countess Full-length, 1996
The Dwelling Full-length,
1996
Karisma Full-length, 1999
Charisma Full-length, 2000
Satanasword
Full-length, 2000
Fetishism 2-LP Full-length, 2003
Karmagmassacre
Full-length, 2003
"Dreamweaver" is a masterpiece of classic thrash; the sound is darker and heavier, with sharper, and more technical guitars. "Clerical Conspiracy" starts with crushing, up-tempo guitars, followed by a nice short, acoustic ballad ("Advent of Insanity"). Then three exquisite long, dark pagan thrashers follow suit: one of the finest moments of the whole UK thrash metal scene; they sound like one small album together, being mid to up-tempo, slowing down to some doomy moments, but very soon picking up respectable speed, thrashing with full force here and there. This incredible trilogy kind of overshadows the exiting two tracks, which are otherwise great intense pieces, containing the most aggressive guitar work, especially the closing "Mythistory", which is a fabulous pagan riff-fest at its best. Worth mentioning are the demon-ish, vicious vocals of Martin Walkyier: one of the most unique voices in metal.
After Martin Walkyier left to form Skyclad, it became
obvious who was the driving force behind the band's magnificent thrash style
(also displayed on the first two Skyclad albums); "Mourning Has Broken" is much weaker than the previous two offerings, although the Walkyier replacement, who was taken from the one-demo-wonder Desmatron- Ritchie Desmond, does a fairly good job behind the mike, with his more melodic, dramatic, clean style. The songs preserve the complexity, but the intensity is gone, or at least to a considerable extent. Some tracks stretch towards progressive metal ("Theological Void"), but their overlength, and the lack of any more energetic thrashy riffs, place them in the not very impressive side. "Paint The World Black", albeit a ballad, captures the essence of the band's atmospheric style better than the faster material, and gives a good opportunity to Desmomd to dislay his vocal talents. Actually the style here is seldom pure thrash: the exception is the excellent up-tempo instrumental "Dumbstruck"; power metal has come to stay, and often takes the upper hand, especially on the last three elaborate affairs, where at one point you might not be sure whether you listen to the same song, although "Without a Trace" tries hard to save this album from sinking without a trace (pun intended), inserting some interesting, technical guitat lines; but it's overshadowed by the fine, short acoustic closing ballad "Mourning Has Broken", with an episodic, but very effective participation of Desmond.
Dreamweaver (Reflections of Our
Yesterdays) Full-length, 1989
Mourning has Broken Full-length, 1991
Beginning of the End Demo, 2000
Escape From Reality Single, 2001
Walls of Hate EP, 2003
Withered
Dreaming EP, 1999
Aguante! Full-length, 2006
Haunts of Violence Full-length, 1992
The Raw Truth of Man Full-length, 1996
Surf Nicaragua EP, 1988
Alive at the Dynamo EP, 1989
The
American Way Full-length, 1990
A Question EP, 1991
Open Book/The Big
Picture Single, 1993
Independent Full-length, 1993
Heal Full-length,
1996
"Soldiers Of Misfortune" is a strong follow-up, keeping the fast pace throughout, but again including some more varied, interesting songs, with various tempos and riffs: "Soldiers of Misfortune". "Truth (After The Rain)", which is more than 10-min long, and tries to follow the high model of "Flames of Armageddon", but fails, simply because it forgets to sound energetic and thrashy, but concentrates on atmospheric, semi-complex and melodic guitar work, and on an unnecessarily long acoustic outro.
"Apocalypse Inside" offers a more abrasive guitar sound, and tries to keep the energy from the previous recordings, and succeeds in the beginning, with the first two tracks, but then "Flesh" comes in, and the tempo slows down, with heavy guitars. Still, the rest is not a total waste, relying on more melodic guitar hooks, which are quite appealing ("Salvation"), and even technical and haunting ("Beneath What You See"). Just when you start thinking that this album will have no more speedy thrashers, comes the up-tempo "Incarcerated", but it is soon followed by slower, almost doomy tracks, which leave no room for any faster moments later. Although less impressive than the previous band's output, this album still delivers the goods much better than the modern-sounding works of many 80's acts released around the same time.
Forward To Termination
Full-length, 1987
Soldiers of Misfortune Full-length, 1991
Apocalypse
Inside Full-length, 1993
"Total Steel" carries on
in the same vein, but features a more proficient, and faster guitar work, but worse, shouty hardcore vocals (the ones on the debut were of the nosy, low-tuned, semi-clean type, sounding like a more melodic Cronos). The rosk-ish numbers are here again ("Dancing Death Valley"- I don't know about the Death Valley, but you might find yourself dancing on this one). Their swansong is their heaviest, but also very modern-sounding work; it manages to thrash quite well: "Breaking the Silence", "Time Slips Through...", and the sound is more energetic compared to the first two offerings, but the groovy tendencies have found their way into it ("Down to You"), but just a little for a start.
Total Steel Full-length, 1990
Tears Full-length, 1992
Erect : Eloquent : Extinct Full-length, 2000
AutoHate
Full-length, 2002
Toxic Zombies Demo, 2003
Crushing the False, Destroying Everything Best of/Compilation, 2004
Eternal Hell and Damnation Split, 2005
Sacrificial Blood/Zombie Split, 2006
Promo Demo, 2007
On "Within the Prophecy" the band forge a unique,
one-of-a-kind sound: mid-paced, monotonous thrash with long sprawling tracks,
without too many tempo changes; maybe it doesn't sound attractive, but is a
very enjoyable listen, considering its weird nature. The concentration is mostly on music, and Simpson's involvement is not as big, although here she sings much better than the rough, throaty way she used on the debut. The guitars are sharper, and the sound is this time closer to Cerebral Fix. "Search Eternal" is a monstrous, 11-min long opus, which starts as a doom metal track, but later moves back to thrash.
"Turn Back Trilobite" shifts towards doom metal by retaining some of their thrash roots- another very strong release
which would probably appeal more to doom metal fans, as well as to progressive metal ones, since the song-structures are more complex.
Within the Prophecy Full-length, 1987
Turn Back
Trilobite Full-length, 1989
Too Cool To Pray Full-length, 1988
All flaws, however, were removed for the second album which is a really impressive work of technical thrash; with longer songs, more complex structures, and some stupendous guitar performance, this album sticks out even on a very high quality metal scene like the Dutch one. There are still quite a few energetic riffs present, although the music is predominantly mid-paced, with a darker, gloomier sound and fine, sometimes unexpected technical breaks.
The band tried to make some "amendments" to answer to the demands of the 90's with "Tragic Intense", which took a direction towards progressive/power, even doomy metal, straying quite away from the technical thrash base, and consequently ending nowhere with its hesitation which path to take.
Recesses For The Depraved Full-length, 1991
Tragic Intense
Full-length, 1993
Sadistic Pain Demo, 1993
The Law Of The Jungle Demo,
1989
Pris Au Piege Demo, 1990
Swallowed in Black Full-length, 1990
A Vision of Misery Full-length, 1992
Elements of Anger Full-length, 1997
Out for Blood Full-length, 2006