If you want proof that '80s styled thrash metal was still in existence during the god awful grunge invasion, then Hobbs Angel of Death's 'Inheritance' is the album you should have owned. These guys were criminally underrated throughout the '80s let alone the '90s when metal had all but died - but obscure classics such as this emerged. Hobbs Angel of Death were formed by Peter Hobbs, and were an Australian thrash act who went through several line-up changes and rather extraordinarily only released a couple of records. Even so, if you want to hear evil-sounding thrash metal in the vein of old Slayer then you can't go wrong here, because this sounds as if it was recorded back in the early '80s such is the menace of tracks such as 'Dream Killer' and 'Depopulation,' and Peter's voice is at times a dead ringer for Slayer's Tom Araya if you can imagine Tom's voice being more guttural. This is a killer album featuring some brilliantly ominous guitar work, you'd have been a fool to have missed out on this.
8/10
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