Quick Change - Circus Of Death (1988)

Pure American chugging, moshing thrash. Anthrax, Overkill, Laaz Rockit, etc, etc, it's all here, the only downside being the band's constant strays into humour, but then again thrash was always considered "good friendly violent fun"!! Wrapped in a cool cover, 'Circus Of Death' gives us twelve solid, fat tracks moshed up by the twin guitar attack of Mccarthy and Anderson. Whitehead's vocals are a tad weak, bit it kind of fits the mid-tempo chugging...strange how so many moshing thrash acts have similar style vocalists...When Quick Change get serious we are pleasured by some decent thrashin' cuts, from the trudging 'Show No Mercy' to 'Injected', but there's almost a loony smile waiting round the corner, 'Leave It To The Beaver' a fine example as to how humour sprinkled '80s thrash. Still, it's relatively heavy, also touching upon the likes of Nuclear Assault and D.R.I., so the influences are decent ones to have, even if it all lacks identity.

6/10