Gama Bomb - Survival Of The Fastest (2006)

These Irish 'retro thrashers' continuously pay homage to old school thrash with their mediocre brand of chugging speed. Sadly, as I'm finding myself saying time and time again - if anyone is listening - why the fuck is the new scene so vital when it's simply so dire in its attempts to mimic the past ? The humour is here for all to hear, zombies, sci-fi, blah blah, and the usually global warming issues wrapped up in a tepid style of thrash that comes across as a bad version of Exodus, Nuclear Assault and countless others before. I guess if you've never heard thrash before you'll find this great - but for anyone who owns records beyond Metallica this will hit the ears as a rather lukewarm homage to all that's gone before, but why spend forty minutes of your life listening to this bland moshing when you can slap on Nuclear Assault's 'Survive' and thrash real hard. None of this revival makes sense in the slightest, unless it acts as a way for new fans to realise how dire the new breed are compared to the original guys who, in some cases are still going and doing it much better, harder and faster. By keep repeating myself I'm beginning to sound as dull as the riffs that litter Gama Bomb's debut record. It's just not funny anymore...I was there in the '80s, you guys weren't so get the fuck over it.

5/10