I was reading the press release
for this album and I misread a line, so I thought that they were saying this
was a “blistering anal assault”.
And
these guys are from Greece,
so there's that.
It lead to a few
seconds of befuddlement and then I realized that I couldn't have read that
right.
I looked at it again and what it
actually said was “blistering
aural assault”.
Which makes a lot more sense and reduced my
level of consternation considerably.
The
last thing I need is music that is going to cause blistering in my nether
regions.
These guys play thrash, more of
the European variety, (think
Sodom
or
Kreator) with some well placed touches of death metal.
And they play it very well.
Special mention goes out to their lead guitar
player.
The guy has chops for days and
makes some very ripping and technical solos sound effortless, which is always
the sign of a dude who can shred.
Biotoxic Warfare are one
of those bands that doesn't really bring a new spin on thrash to the table,
they are just a very solid band and they do what they do very well.
This is typical thrash, by which I mean that
if you don't like the riff they are playing at the moment, just wait about 30
seconds and they'll send another one your way.
It doesn't sound like they are just throwing riffs together for the hell
of it, though.
All of it sounds as
though they put some thought and effort into making the rapidly changing ideas
flow into one another and work as songs.
They don't mess around either.
From
the moment you push play things are off and running and it isn't until you hit
the fifth track that things allow you a little bit of a breather.
Not much though; there's maybe 45 seconds of
acoustic intro to that song and then we're off and blasting again.
The pedal stays down to the floor for the
remainder of the album.
So if you want
to be thrashing like a maniac from start to finish, this one will work for you.
This is the debut full length
for this band and there is a lot of promise here.
This is a band that is probably not ever
going to make it big enough that they will grace the shores of the US with their presence, so unless you make the
trek to Europe during festival season you may
never see them live.
Which is too bad,
because I bet they put on a good show.
For now, though, dig this album and hope it gets enough attention that
they can at least keep releasing more music.
There are not a lot of good things about the digital age and what it
means for music, but one of the good things is that its a lot easier to find
and hear music like this.
Sometimes you
have to wade through a lot of mediocre stuff to find the gems like this
one.
When you hear a debut like this, it
makes all the rest worthwhile.
Here's to
hoping that
Biotoxic Warfare keep fighting the thrash fight and bringing
us solid releases like this one.
- ODIN
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