Tuesday 19 March 2013

Crossfire - Second Attack (1985)

A pretty obscure band who go all guns blazing all through this, their second opus. I don't know much about them, but don't be put off by the cartoonish album cover, this is very much hell for leather thrash metal with paint-stripping vocals by some guy who only goes by the name of Peter! No real thrills, just fast, furious thrashing, blazing solos and crashing clattering drums - the result being a maniacal opus that offers such delights as 'Atomic War,' 'Highway Driver,' and the frothing 'Feeling Down.' Here's a band quite happy to rush full steam ahead and ask questions later. It's a fleeting yet ferocious record that every thrash banger should check out. 7/10

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