Chugging Speed metal with a ton of aggressive Thrash!
author: Chris Gleason
This is the kind of aggression that Metallica introduced in the early 80's. This cd is packed with thrashing anger, and I just love the speeding triplets that this album dishes out like its Armeggedon. If people try to say this band is just copying Metallica, they are correct in one way...this cd proves to the world that original Thrash/Speed metal still exists.
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this cd is insane
author: Mr.Green
this band got it right this is no bullshit straight up metal very inspiring
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Heavy heavy heavy...
author: Laura
Metal maniacs rejoice! Metal as it should be...listen LOUD.
Hope theres lots more to come from this great band!
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author: Wormwood Chronicles
It is 1982. You are combing the metal section of your local record store to see what new vinyl pill you can get for your headbanging fix. You've already got the latest from Judas Priest and the British upstarts Iron Maiden when your eye is caught by something new...Metallica! A garish red and black cover, with bloodpspattered imagery piques your interest. You take a chance, buy the record "Kill 'Em All" and put it on the turntable. Nothing prepares you for the whirlwind of deadly, fast KILLER heavy metal you hear! This is your first taste of something called" thrash metal"...and it changes your idea of heavy metal for ever!
It is 2003. The days of "Kill 'Em All" are long gone...the latest record by Metallica is a poorly produced and played effort of all anger and no technique. There's still plenty of thrash to be found, but the fierce, heady feeling you got listening to old Metallica, Slayer and Exodus is not really around anymore. You peruse the metal section of your local CD Emporium when a modest album cover grabs your eye. "Perpetual State of Aggression" is the title and the band is Metal Militia. What is this, some cheap Metallica tribute? You take a chance like you did all those years ago and buy the record. You slip it into the CD player...and 21 years vanishes like nothing. For the next 45 minutes, it's like grunge, death and nu metal never existed. You didn't think it was possible that music like this could still be played...and played so well. Tears of gratitude fall from your eyes...the Metal Gods have smiled! Thrash lives again! And better than ever, if Metal Militia is any guide!
I'm telling you people, if you don't grab this record, you will regret it for the rest of your lives. These kids from Fort Lauderdale, Florida...none of whom were even BORN when Metallica first formed...have recreated the power, passion and sheer headbanging fury of classic American thrash metal like no other band I have ever heard. I can't explain in words how much Metal Militia recreates the golden era of thrash...it's something you have to hear for yourself. The quality of the chugging riffs, the absolutely BRILLIANT lead guitar soloing (like Hammet did about 20 years ago), the raw but not death vocals, the sheer RIGHTNESS of M.M.'s songwriting all combine to make "Perpetual State of Aggression" one of the best thrash albums ever recorded, past or present. I mean, "Machines of War"...have you ever heard a catchier riff EVER? Just listen to the chord progressions on "Arbitrary" or the "Hell Awaits" style thrashing mayhem of "Slaves of Darkness". Listen and BELIEVE! "Omnicide", "Darkest Days", "The Impending Holocaust"...it's all waiting for you to discover. Shining jewels of mayhem, every single one. Only on the ballad "Sick Of It All" do the band stumble a bit and even that song is not anything to be ashamed of.
Brian Slagel, President of Metal Blade, in 1981, you had the chance to sign Metallica to your label and blew it. Don't let it happen again! SIGN Metal Militia! Considering their youthful ages, this is a band set to dominate the metal scene every bit as much as Metallica did...and maybe more!
The most essential metal record ever reviewed in Wormwood Chronicles
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