Snarling production, fast-paced drumming, and a mix of flutter-picked black shred and “catchy” thrash riffs make Satanic Slaughter a feast of metal mayhem.
Seven songs in just over 18 minutes, there’s no time to jazz up with melodies or anything cute and fancy; they serve up dirty metal, grindcore, and noisecore.
The swivel of beach music, the danceable side of ’60s garage rock as it was writ in Chicano Los Angeles: Soul-inflected, R&B conscious, made for Locomotion.
While not the breathless experience of the originals, is a fine tribute to Cradle of Filth. It’s cool to hear 13 bands try to sound like Dani’s many voices.
A double live CD to celebrate their 15-year anniversary, evolving from traditional death metal to an original mix of power metal and operatic screeching.
Death, technical, sludge-y, grinding, stoner, and occasionally “weird.” The best are death metal gods. Some decent stuff with horrible crap in between.
Initial has assembled one of the most punishing tribute albums, pulling together a strong, diverse group of today’s hot acts to give their take on Black Flag.