Sunday 1 March 2009

Living Death - Metal Revolution (1985)


Cool European thrash metal, cool album cover, cool vocals, cool guitars. Maybe I like this band ? Nothing overly fancy, I just dig the obscure nature of these kinds of bands, the searing intensity of 'Grippin A Heart' (strange title for a thrashy kinda band), but I'm sensing an almost sickly glammy feel among that speedy noise. Something peculiar about Living Death, but again, that could be me! 'Ruler Must Come' reminds me of the strange highways created by early Mekong Delta, somehow catchy and sneering. I could listen to this type of odd metal for ages. It's not unpredictable in its nature, it just seems to fill a gap between standard theatrical metal and mid-paced thrash.


7/10

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