This is a band I’d never really given a fair chance to, I’d heard them in the early 90’s but never really given them the requisite time to form a fair opinion on what they do, so with that in mind I thought I’d put on RAZOR Executioner’s Song from 1985.<\/p>\n\n
From the outset it’s pretty obvious these dudes play a sort of proto thrash like Metallica (Kill ’em all period)<\/i> mixed with a bit of Piledriver with some Venom thrown in for good measure. The recording on this is a bit rough but this is quite enjoyable. I’m loving the riffage on this record but I have to say the vocals don’t sit right with me. There’s some cool momements for the vocals in “City of Damnation”. In about the fourth song I have to say my ears felt like they were getting more intune with the vocals and I started to enjoy this a lot more. <\/p>\n\n
It’s hard to imagine hearing this at the time. This was when for thrash you basically had Metallica Starting to crack the big time with “Ride the Lightning” and a whole bunch of thrash bands that basically were better than these guys. Shame of it is I don’t think it would have taken a lot to lift this up a level or two to at least punch with the big dogs. The recording quality is distractingly bad, and I think if they had put a bit more time into the vocals they really could have been bigger. I Like the dude’s screams when they happen but the main tone he uses is a bit offputting, and there’s a few times it just really doesn’t seem to fit the timing of the song.<\/p>\n\n
The second side of this album is musically really cool. The riffs continue to flow and and is overall a pretty enjoyable slab of metal. Especailly the Song “Hot Metal”. Criticisms aside this was actually quite a cool little listen. I wouldn’t call it an essential listen but its still pretty cool and worth giving the time to hear once. <\/p>\n\n
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