Saturday 26 February 2011

Affliction - The Damnation Of Humanization (1992)

Pretty cool US thrash from California - loose chugging riffs and a few crossover structures. Lacks a real identity but thrashers back in the day were keen to lap this sort of stuff up before one of the big four were due to release a record. It's solid with a raw, angst-ridden vocal style that touches on political issues. Whether its the corrosive mosher 'Raping Mother Nature' or  the slower paced 'The Day After', I've no doubt that the thrash head within you will find something to savour. Of course, this type of record back in the early '90s became two a penny and would have suffered due to scene saturation, but many years later I'm still pleased to hear this sort of stuff hasn't lost its bite.

6/10

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