Monday 20 January 2014

Jersey Dogs - Thrash Ranch (1990)

It's hard to ignore an album with that cover and that title! If this was released nowadays it would probably be perceived as one of those retro-stoner albums, but this is in fact a classy piece of thrash metal from 1990. Although I know little about this quartet this is still a decent, if slightly no-thrills slab of speedy metal which brings to mind the likes of Australia's Mortal Sin. Some nice touches with the bass, and some very good grooves to get into especially with the likes of 'Posse of Doom' which although a tad formulaic in their presentation are still solid thrash numbers. The main issue however is the almost comedy element to some of the track titles, i.e. 'Greasy Funked Chicken' which don't do the band any favours, and it's another of those annoying funk metal tracks which is a shame because the likes of 'Last Breath,' 'Another Pretty Day' are sound tunes.
7/10

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