Friday 26 October 2012

Wolf Spider - Kingdom Of Paranoia (1990)

These thrasheads hail from Poland, and on this record I'm hearing a lot of Megadeth, those Euro vocals flitting between slightly awkward and a Mustaine sneer at times, until the vocalist reaches a higher pitch and then ends up a hybrid of Anthrax's Joey Belladonna and Nuclear Assault's John Connelly. The band play pretty well accomplished techno metal, a few chanted choruses and the occasional jarring chug, most certainly on a track like 'Black n Whites' which is a decent thrasher, as is the heavier 'Pain'which reminds me of a more clinical Nuclear Assault. 'Foxes,' despite its dodgy title is a complex thrasher featuring some excellent guitar work and disorientating drums, but these guys did very little to break into any of the major thrash divisions, but I'm all ears for anything slightly technical, and this has that type of vibe about it, Wolf Spider clearly being talented musicians. 7/10

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