UK Thrash

Dokken_Uwe · Post by **Dokken_Uwe** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:45 pm

TORANAGA "God's gift" bores me to death!
I don't like Mid-Tempo Thrash at all ("Mid-Tempo Thrash", kinda paradox, eh?).
Another purchase I do totally regret (that 7€ would have been better invested in some six packs of beer).

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:55 pm

I'll take the beers too

msp · Post by **msp** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:19 pm

We certainly had some lame bands back in the day, Re-Animator (awful album art) and D.A.M. to name but two.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:51 pm

It wouldn't be very decent of me not to mention the lamest of them all once again: ACID REIGN.

Crap like that and RE-ANIMATOR gave UK thrash a very bad reputation.

Helstar · Post by **Helstar** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:50 pm

As I've already said, early stuff from both bands are ok for me.

Anyway good and bad 'thrash' can be found in any country, I don't understand all this bashing towards UK ...

And now I listen to Hydra Vein and first Arbitrater (the second one I don't like ^^)

Dokken_Uwe · Post by **Dokken_Uwe** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:56 pm

Helstar wrote:
And now I listen to Hydra Vein

Great record, need to play it the other day.
Their second LP is great too though slightly different.

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:15 am

msp wrote:Re-Animator (awful album art) and D.A.M. to name but two.

Condemned to Eternity was just fine, but then they ran out of ideas & went funk metal.

*shudders at mention of D.A.M.*

Trigger · Post by **Trigger** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:34 am

I actually like the first DAM Lp

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:09 am

Trigger wrote:I actually like the first DAM Lp

That "Drugs Are Rubbish" song off the Doomsday News video put me right off them.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:09 pm

ION BRITTON wrote:Crap like that and RE-ANIMATOR gave UK thrash a very bad reputation.

The first Re-Animator album is good. The next two I can understand because apparently the band HAD to do them under contractual obligation, so they didn’t put a lot of serious effort into the writting. “Condemned To Eternity” however, I cannot agree with.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:48 pm

ION BRITTON wrote:It wouldn't be very decent of me not to mention the lamest of them all once again: ACID REIGN.

Crap like that and RE-ANIMATOR gave UK thrash a very bad reputation.

The unfortunate thing about Acid Reign was that their records didn't capture them at all.
Live, they were a fantastic, hard working and very entertaining band, a great fun night out, and because of that they were a very popular live draw on the club circuit at the time.
I saw them live quite a few times, and always enjoyed them, but i absolutely concede that their records by contrast are universally poor.
I cannot find anything positive to say about Re-animator or D.A.M. however.
I saw the latter supporting Dark Angel & Nuclear Assault back in the day, and they managed to drive the audience off the floor and into the bar area in an attempt to avoid their turgid boring racket.
Totally derivative, and utterly uninspiring.

perishinflames · Post by **perishinflames** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:54 pm

Nebuchadnezzar wrote:Hey guys just compare Scarilege with Sentinel Beast's Depths of death to realize how the FF thrash should be

I suppose you also think Anthrax is better than Onslaught

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:05 pm

Ernest Thesiger wrote:
bigfootkit wrote:Anyone remember a UK thrash band called Obliteration?
I'm into their demo stuff too, although most of it is hampered by shoddy drumming.

the debut LP is atrocious modern groove thrash. i sold mine some weeks ago...are the demos very different?

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:34 am

perishinflames wrote:
Nebuchadnezzar wrote:Hey guys just compare Scarilege with Sentinel Beast's Depths of death to realize how the FF thrash should be
I suppose you also think Anthrax is better than Onslaught

They are better performing live definitely.

Just to be serious. Anthrax is a legendary band. You can't compare that band with a band with 3 lps & only 1 of those actually good (The Force). Can I compare Solitude Aeturnus with Well Of Souls? It's really a shame...

perishinflames · Post by **perishinflames** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:01 am

Nebuchadnezzar wrote:Just to be serious. Anthrax is a legendary band. You can't compare that band with a band with 3 lps & only 1 of those actually good (The Force).

LOL

Anthrax has 3 mediocre LPs and the rest of their career is filled with shit. Onslaught had 2 amazing records. You're just confirming the stereotype that Greeks like US metal and nothing else.