First post in a long ass while. Just hadn’t been feeling it before, after so much new music. Hard to truly connect with it when, yea - this style of music is my jam but there was just so much of it. But now reconnecting slowly; felt like posting again.
Instrumental from one of the best classic speed metal acts out there. Doesn’t break any new ground but I love it all the same. The melodies and bass lines in the middle of the track are always stuck in my head, as well as the uplifting feeling the whole thing gives me.
Don’t get used to seeing my posts all the time like before, but I haven’t forgotten this place exists. Gonna also use this opportunity to link my instrumental playlist on Tidal. Rock on my dudes.
Tidal, Bandcamp to purchase this album in CD format, RateYourMusic, Encyclopaedia Metallum
Hello again, long time no see! 🤣
Yeah what you mentioned at the start of the post mirrors my thoughts exactly… As much as thrash is still by far my favourite genre, when you listen to so much of it, it is bound to get repetitive, and it even got to the point where I started to get less familiar with the music I love, due to the sheer mind pollution caused 🤣. I’m still taking a bit of a break from the genre. I’m sure it will no doubt return as my top genre again in time, but I’m not rushing things. I think it’s important to revisit what made me fall in love with the genre, rather than fill my mind with endless releases.
My attention recently has been divided up into traditional doom metal, and of course re-discovering the old thrash classics. And believe it or not, I’m investing a lot of time into electronic genres such as Jungle, DnB, Hardcore, Dub/soundsystem (and its culture).
As for thrash, I’ve mainly been listening to Cryptic Slaughter, Nuclear Assault, and Hallows Eve - as well as my usual share of Municipal Waste :P. My thrash intake has actually been on the rise again recently, but as mentioned, I’m taking things slow, and haven’t really listened to more than the odd few albums I haven’t yet heard.
Anyway, good to see the community isn’t quite dead yet, friend 🤘. Long live thrash!
Mind pollution is right lol. I guess I got burnt out on so much new stuff every day, so much that even staggering it out couldn’t save my enjoyment. Thrash is forever, and I hear/look for it all the time in other branches/roots of music even when it has very little to do with metal. Interesting you’re getting into jungle and dnb, but based on our discord talks before it kinda makes sense haha.
Check this out, Serp:
Tech Itch compilation RESIST:ED ONE
If it’s up your alley, you have a lot to discover, almost anything on that label is dope!Cheers mate! Bookmarked it for a more thorough exploration later! I do tend to prefer Jungle to its more rigid counterpart (I actually think jungle has a lot in common with metal, only at the opposite end of the spectrum, especially thrash, at least in what it stands for) however it seems like good stuff! I do also appreciate my fair share of dark dnb! 🤘
Absolutely sick, normally instrumentals are very polarizing for me, I’m very into lyrics (even when it’s cornball bullshit I’m not gonna lie) so usually they either become all time favorites(Redneck Stomp hello!), or I just entirely forget about them after the fact.
Yea I’m all about them instrumentals, from the short, minute-long interludes to the 10+ minute epics. And quality all over the place. Either way when placed nicely in an album they break up the pace or just mix it up with some sort of variety. That last sentence kinda contradicts my first as I love to collect em lol but still. Also love when bands put out albums that are the exact same as another of theirs, just minus the vocals.
One of my fave doom metal songs of all times is easily the instrumental of Empress Rising. Not to dog on the vocals of the original, but it’s pretty undeniably far more powerful without them. So, I see what you mean. That said, vocals/lyrics really are just the “sauce and seasoning” of a good metal track to me, it’s just not quite right most of the time without it.
