*FINALLY* SOME NEW THRASH THAT ISN’T A COMPLETE RE-HASH (RE-THRASH?)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 6:21pm by Vince Neilstein
Two readers sent us emails about Exmortus this week so I figured it was probably time to pay attention, and I’m so glad I did. This foursome from Whittier, CA — which is not near San Francisco, mind you — recently signed with Heavy Artillery Records, and will be releasing their new album In Hatred’s Flames on July 29th.
What’s different about Exmortus is that they’re clearly influenced by thrash to a large degree but don’t go out of their way to beat this fact into your brain; yeah, they’re very young and they sport ebay-bought band t-shirts, but they aren’t afraid to stray from the vintage thrash metal canon. There are elements of death, prog, and neo-classical metal mixed in with a healthy dose of Metallica and Megadeth riffage. In short, this is actually a fresh brew of neo-thrash for a change, one that is VERY welcome to these thrash-revival-saturated ears. And the dudes can fucking PLAY, too. Come to think of it, this band reminds me of God Forbid in certain ways. It’s just METAL.
Have a listen on their MySpace page and you’ll be sold too.
-VN
My favorite new thrash band is Beagle Puncher from the UK:
http://www.myspace.com/beaglepuncher
Thought you guys might like it. HAHAHA
good stuff. thanks!
It’s about time these guys got some recognition. It took me a long time to tell you guys about it for some reason.
I am a Gigantic fan of classic thrash as well as the New Wave Of Thrash Metal (NWOTM), and i DO like this band… but they aren’t among the elite of the thrash revival. The ‘Waste, Toxic H., Skeletonwitch, Merciless Death, Fueled By Fire, Gama Bomb, etc. own this band. good, not great.
oh, yeah… and don’t say “Neo-Thrash.” In regards to the thrash Revival. That is LAAAAAAAAAAAME!
Its Pure Fuckin Thrash Metal, Ya Fag!
Saw these guys a short while ago and they are good. I don’t see the GF comparison at all but nevertheless, good band.
They need to meet Mr. Apostrophe.
(I beat Amy to the grammar patrol.)
Check out Battlecross from Detroit. I think they’re metalsucks worthy.
Now add Powerglove and DarkSide Rising and you got an awesome show on the 9th.
they’re a great band for their age! i mean i believe the oldest in the band is 20! other great thrash bands from around that area that also frequently play with exmortus are tyrant, rattlehead, bonded by blood, avenger of blood and neurotoxin
to nick first of all those bands you mention are jsut rip-offs of the bands i love from the Thrash Days,
Exmortus is actually all original, Mercyless Death is just plain sell outs and scene pple now, except the guitarist which has always stayed himself unlike the the basses. the new drumer is great but , yeah ,
Fuel By Fashion is another sell out poser riff stealing band that isn’t even that great, ..i do recall they getting droped by metalblade although they don’t know it yet ha,
Neo-Thrash, Thrash call it wat you want its all Metal to me , but pple like you who catagorize kill the music,
HEY!
I don’t buy my shirts on Ebay!
Hahaha!
And that Nick fella sounds like he dosne’t really dig the tunes. Fuck it!
Heavy Metal Or What?! – F. D. Duarte