Besides the big four and Germany's big four (
Tankard,
Destruction,
Kreator and
Sodom... IN MY OPINION) You should really listen to these
thrash metal and
crossover bands that I'm going to discuss.
Carnivore
Defunct awesome and essential band. Don't mess with them, they're from
New York! This band featured the great
Peter Steele who later found
Type O' Negative. I suggest you get
Retaliation if you want to get into them. Their self-titled one is pretty good. Retaliation is the best one to start off with. It features great songs such as
Angry Neurotic Catholics,
Race War,
Jesus Hitler and
Technophobia. Anyone remember the completely stupid rumors going around that Peter Steele was a neo-Nazi. I say bullshit and they're not true.
Yeah the guitars are pretty damn sweet. I'm mostly into the bass playing and singing by Peter Steele when it comes to Carnivore. If you're a fan of Type O and don't know this band... uhhh... wow, just wow. Now I'm no Type O fan, I happen to really really like Carnivore. They're better.
Wehrmacht
Ah the ultimate beer band (right up there with Tankard)! These guys are just an incredibly awesome and great band. I really dig the drums and guitars the most.
Biermacht is the best album to get by these guys. Sadly they're another defunct band. My favorite songs are
You Broke My Heart (So I Broke Your Face),
Gore Flix,
Suck My Dick and
Biermacht. Biermacht is such a great party thrash metal album. Get this now or eat a bowl of fuck!
Spazztic Blurr
This whacky and zany band (that predates
Crotchduster) is a comedy grind/thrash outfit. This band featured members of Wehrmacht.
Befo Da Awbum is their only album. Funny thing about this album is that it's really called Before and After. On the front of the cover photo it shows the band all rich and then on the back cover photo it has the band all poor. This is an early Earache release. This one goes all the way back to 1988.
Blurr Hogs is a really great track with some funny vocals and cool guitar stuff. There's some crazy swell whistle in this song. It's basically a track about the whole band and what they're all about. My favorite track and by far one of the funniest tracks I have ever listened to in my entire life...
Ace. I'm not saying what's on here. You'll have to listen to it yourself! Anyhow one interesting track on here is
Deaf Metal. This is a great death metal parody song. I must say it's slightly SLIGHTLY better than
Stars Ingenious Cooter (Live). Yep, that's right. This is the definitive death metal parody track ladies and germs.
Yeah if you don't listen to Spazztic Blurr and you have a sense of humor... you stupid bumblefuck cunt. Go listen to it NAO!!!!!!!!
Heathen
Epic fucking thrash metal. Nuff said, ho bitch fuckers! This band has 2 full length albums that y'all should check out. They are
Victims Of Deception and
Breaking The Silence. I say go and have a ball with these albums. ALL songs are fucking killer and neato for the whole family to enjoy. Take a family trip while blasting this in your Ford Explorer or Cadillac Escalade. You will make the road cool!
Rigor Mortis
This band is just fucking jaw-dropping thrash metal from Texas. I ain't talking about the band that killer New York death metal.
Rigor Mortis is an album you need to get if you call yourself a thrasher. You shall get this or else! Yeah, this has classics such as
Bodily Dismemberment,
Die in Pain and
Re-Animator. You may not think so... but uh yeah those are my personal favorite tracks.
Razor
A really heavy fast and loud (they're proud of it too!) band hailing from
Canada. ALL of their albums are worthy. My personal favorites are
Executioner's Song and
Evil Invaders. It's pretty interesting how I first became aware of Razor. I was looking at this gnarly
heavy metal album cover artwork book at Barnes and Noble at the Joyzee Shaw one day. I saw this:
Best. Artwork for an album. EVER.
Yeah it's the best and I said so. Well yeah go listen to Razor or well you're just a chump ass swanky gorilla cuntsucking fookface.
Gama Bomb
This Irish thrash metal band rules. Two great albums. Not gonna say much about 'em except for my favorite song. And that is...
Final Fight. Excellent and killer song! Totally takes me back in time when I played that game as I listen to the singer singing about it. This features some quick and great guitar work. There's one part where one of the guitarists makes that 8-bit Nintendo sound where Mario grabs the coins. That part is the best! WTG (Way To Go), Gama Bomb!!
Mengele
A tubular obscure thrash metal band from
Finland. They had a pretty bad name (look up Mengele in the history books), so they changed it to
Insomnia. Their stuff can be downloaded
here. I suggest getting Kuusamon. It rocks! These guys now go by the name
Wengele. I find that name clever as cunt. Basically it's an upside M. I think it's much better than Insomnia.
Airdash
Oh hell motherfucking yeah cuntfuckers! This band rules. Another one Finnish thrash metal band you all should check out. Get
Thank God Its Monday. Or
Eat Shit!
Crumbsuckers
Another great band from good 'ol /\/00 Y/\ \/\/ K (That's New York for you geniuses who couldn't figure that out). Please get
Beast on My Back (B.O.M.B.) is a great album that you must get or you're putting yourself at risk about something I don't know... well not really. Go and get this NAO!!!! I command you to get this and listen to this! Crumbsuckers need more recognition. More recognition than
Pro-Pain dammit!
Necropolis
To me there is only one Necropolis. I am talking about the one who dropped
Contemplating Slaughter in 1988. They are the true Necropolis. Fuck all of you other bands with the name Necropolis. Go choke on hot dogs that are tainted and infested with shit! GAAAHHHH!!!! If you other Necropolis bands are reading this, I suggest ya do what I said last. Or you could just on top of a cliff, smoke a doobie, eat outdated Oreos from the 1990's and then just fall to your doom.
Nuclear Assault
Yet another great New York thrash band. You've obviously been living in a bomb shelter for 50 years and somehow managed to see the light of day. C'mon, folks!
Game Over is an album you should get. Get Game Over or diiiiiiiiiiiiie!!
Anacrusis
This band is just tremendous! Technical city people! You gotta respect this band and all of that.
Go here to find out more about 'em, ya schmuck!
Toxik
This band from yes my home state... take a wild guess where I'm located... you will win a big snickerdoodle... hmm nah actually... that's for my BF, I love you and you know who you are! :) Anyway, I mentioned other superb bands from this fine location. Yeah get both of the albums. However get
World Circus if you wanna go for one and one only. That one features the great title track and
Heart Attack.
Social Overload is a great track as well and personally one of my favorites off that album.
Korzus
This is an obscure band. And wow, they've been around since ninety eighty fuckin' three!!!!!! I've listened to these guys at their
MySpace page. Ultra nice stuff I must say.
Brazil has such a great collection of great metal bands. These guys are one of 'em.
Well that's that. I shall be writing more journals!
Korzus
