Thrash Metal

Enforcer – Diamonds Review

By Steel Druhm on May 28, 2010 in 2010, 3.5, American Metal, Earache Records, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal, 12 comments

Another retro 80’s metal album being reviewed on Angry Metal Guy? This place must really be going to hell in a hand basket. Well, at least one angry metal reviewer is enjoying the ride and Enforcer’s new album Diamonds would be the perfect soundtrack for any such hell bound pleasure excursion. Following along with 80’s NWOBHM worshiping peers Steelwing and Stormzone, Sweden’s Enforcer roars back to life with the follow up to 2008’s Into the Night and the results are pretty impressive and more fun than barrel full of monkeys.

H.E.A.T. – Freedom Rock Review

By Angry Metal Guy on May 24, 2010 in 0.5, 2010, Cock Rock, Playground Music, Reviews, Stupid Metal Trends, Swedish Metal, Thrash Metal, Cock Rock, Thrash Metal, 10 comments

It is more and more apparent to me every day that heavy metal is going into a hibernation stage. As an Angry Metal Guy I try to keep my ear to the ground for movement in a forward direction, particularly from younger people. Instead, there’s nothing but a rash of neo-heavy metal and thrash bands that flood the market as apparently 18 year olds all feel like the really missed out on thrash and are out of ideas. But what’s worse than kids writing thrash metal records that could’ve been written in 1982? Kids writing butt rock albums that should’ve been written in the dying throws of 1980s cock rock in about 1991. That’s right, H.E.A.T., from the same town as venerable rockers Europe have decided to run with 1980s action movie theme as the basis for their sound.

Rage – Strings to a Web Review

By Angry Metal Guy on February 3, 2010 in 2010, 4.5, Nuclear Blast, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, 1 comment

When I was in my big power metal phase, which I guess would’ve probably been around 2000/2001, I stumbled upon a Rage CD in a great used CD store that I used to go into all the time (those were the days). I thought for sure it was going to be great just from looking at it. Turns out… not so much. I don’t recall hating a record more than that one. I thought it was a major pile of shit. I’m pretty sure it was the record XIII, but I can’t be sure as it was sold away a long time ago. Needless to say I wasn’t even a little bit excited when I received this record. I was fully expecting this record to be totally crap.

The Kandidate – Until We Are Outnumbered Review

By Angry Metal Guy on January 24, 2010 in 2.5, 2010, Napalm Records, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Hardcore, Thrash Metal, 0 comments

The Kandidate wasn’t what I was expecting. Like a mix of thrash metal and Agnostic Front, these Danish metallers have produced an album to which I am utterly blase. As Angry Metal Guy, it is my job to have really strong opinions about things one way or another, but instead I listen to this album and I just.. don’t hear much that I want to come back to. On the other hand there’s not much to dis. It’s just an all-in-all mediocre record by a band I’ve never heard before.

Overkill – Ironbound Review

By Angry Metal Guy on January 24, 2010 in 2010, 4.0, American Metal, Nuclear Blast, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal, 4 comments

“Overkill is still around?” That was my first thought when I received this promo. See, this band is definitely a part of my childhood, being a huge a fan of the record I Hear Black when I was at the tender age of 11, but they were never a band that I ever followed with any religiosity. No, Overkill never managed to make it into my early thrash pantheon, despite the fact that I remember loving that album. So it was with great interest that I put on this album, not really know what to expect at all given everything. I mean, it’s been a lot of years and bands, in general, do not age well. And, after asking around, I’d heard that Overkill hadn’t aged very well, either.

Claustrofobia – I See Red Review

By Angry Metal Guy on October 14, 2009 in 2.5, 2009, Candlelight, Death Metal, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, 0 comments

Claustrofobia – I See Red Rating: 2.5/5.0 – Drop the scale runs and make it shorter, and this would be a better album Label: Candlelight Website(s): myspace.com/claustrofobia Release Date(s): EU: 19.10.2009 | USA: Release date unclear Anyone who’s ever been a guitarist knows that guy who shames you.Â Well, maybe not everyone, ’cause sometimes you […]