IRON AGE THE SLEEPING EYE FULL ALBUM STREAM
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Vince Neilstein
I would like to go on record as saying I wasn’t too big on the whole re-thrash trend of 2006-2008 from the get-go. I mean, I loves me some thrash, but 99% of the time any band regardless of genre tries to do something that sounds exactly like an old band(s) I’m against it. The key to artistic progression is moving forward, not back, and unfortunately many of the re-thrash bands just brought nothing new to the table. Taking elements of the old and infusing it into the new is all good by me, though, which is why I’m all for bands that have successfully fused vintage thrash influence into a modern shell; Sylosis and Lazarus A.D. are two examples who readily spring to mind.
And Iron Age. Holy fucking shit, you guys.
I was not expecting to like this record at all (see above). But Iron Age’s blend of ripping thrash, NYHC pummel and doomy ambience channeled through modern-sounding production on their second record The Sleeping Eye just hit that fucking SPOT. This is music for fans of fucking furious, tight, beer-soaked, basement mosh-pit party metal like Trash Talk and Bison B.C., Metallica Ride The Lightning-era guitar riffs pushed to the fullest and real in every way with nary a speck of hipster retro throwback. The Sleeping Eye kicks as much ass as any thrash-influenced record released all year, right up there with Rumpelstiltskin Grinder’s Living For Death, Destroying the Rest (albeit in a different way).
So, without further ado, here’s a stream of the entire album. It comes out today. Listen.
[This promotion has ended. -Ed.]
Fucking awesome
This is one of my favorite albums of the year. Fucking incredible.
“nary a speck of hipster retro throwback”?? did you miss the cover?
Seriously, cry more.
/boner
This pretty much rules.
trash talk is not party metal…
Thought it was pretty much par for the course, really didn’t wow me as much as say…Fleshgod Apocalypse did on first listen.
If you’re form Austin you’d know these guys are the biggest tool douchebags on the planet.
I’m sure they think highly of you, too. What impact does that have exactly on their record?
that means timmy has nice boobies.
eat a dxck bxtch they prolly ran a train on ur skank ass then paid you with a bad check, you’re the one that got burned ho
reminds me of Black Anvil. moody groove metal.
Not bad. Not bad at all.