Trying to catch up a little on my backlog of band submissions - I've got a new rule, if you haven't noticed - I'll post it if I think it's good (and I'm unlikely to listen to it if I don't like the genre it's described as - take note, the guy who sent dubstep). Sorry to all those who have been waiting. Anyway, Foreskin are a crossover band from Lahore, Pakistan, and this is their fourth demo (although I was unaware of their existence until now). It consists of two tracks - the first is a little slower and seems to have a little black metal influence (although thrash is still the primary factor) and next to no hardcore, whilst the second, title track sounds like a mixture of Crossover-era DRI with a little bit of Sabbat (Japan) mixed in.
Unfortunately, the songwriting is a little bit lacking and doesn't really have anything to set it off, or indeed to set it apart from other bands of the style. Ultimately, the reason is the lack of hooks in much of the music - there's nothing which really drags the listener in (and I don't necessarily mean a chorus, it just seems like background music to me). That said, it's better than a good deal of material being produced by better-known thrash bands today (the recent Testament album being a good example), and is more than good enough for background music.
Members of the band have numerous other projects between them - the vocalist, Hassan Umer, sings for a crust band called Choots (and in all honesty, the Choots material sounds better to me), and he and guitarist Sheraz Ahmed were also members of a death/grind band called Multinational Corporations (production lacks a little bit, but it's solid deathgrind and heaven knows this author appreciates the Napalm Death reference). Ahmed is also in death metal bands Marwolaeth and Dionysus (from the tracks of the other bands I've listened to, I think Foreskin is actually my least favourite but it's still good material).
Anyway, I recommend this material to anyone who just can't get enough thrash in their life. Don't go out of your way to get it, but now you're here you might as well have a listen. Have fun.
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Comments make our work worthwhile. If you really enjoyed an album, tell us about it, we'd love to hear from you. If you hated it, tell us why.
Although music is a major part of all of our lives, we all have some form of external life. If there are periods in which no posts are added, I'm sorry, but that's how things happen. Even though I love blogging like this, sometimes I can't muster up the desire within myself to write about yet another album.
I'd like to say too that Court In The Act will never be run for personal profit. This means no advertisement, no premium schemes, and no LinkBucks. Megaupload is used because it strikes a fair balance between ease of upload and ease of download.
Showing posts with label *Crossover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label *Crossover. Show all posts
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Re-upload: Nuclear Assault - Survive [1988]
Re-upload notes: Disregard the below, it's largely bullshit, but I can't be arsed re-writing a whole bio right now. This is a great thrash album though. It may be a cliche to say that a band have 'matured' over the course of two albums, but it is not the case at all here. If anything, this is even faster and crazier than debut 'Game Over'. It's my favourite Nuclear Assault album.
Similar artists: S.O.D., M.O.D., D.R.I.
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Saturday, 14 April 2012
Court In The Act Thrash Week: D.R.I. - Dealing With It [1985] (re-upload)
Over the next week I will be posting a classic thrash album a day (or rather, scheduling them all now for later days), most of which will be re-uploads as I think the blog had the thrash bases fairly well covered before the great Megaupload holocaust.
Crossover thrash at its finest. This has a (very) heavy dose of hardcore punk with just a bit of influence from the then-emergent thrash scene, but it's an album which is mandatory listening for fans of both genres. Fast, catchy, the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles do it to perfection here.
Varies between 192 and 128 kbps
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Crossover thrash at its finest. This has a (very) heavy dose of hardcore punk with just a bit of influence from the then-emergent thrash scene, but it's an album which is mandatory listening for fans of both genres. Fast, catchy, the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles do it to perfection here.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012
S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die [1985]
Whilst we're talking about fun music, and also thrash metal, here's the only worthwhile album from the kings of tongue-in-cheek crossover, S.O.D. (or Stormtroopers Of Death). Whilst musically this isn't the most instantly appealing album, the tunes, alarming in their brevity, will become like old friends over time, and one can appreciate the humour at work instantaneously. File next to Lawnmower Deth under 'comedy thrash which actually has a fair amount of musical merit'.
~150 kbps VBR
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~150 kbps VBR
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
D.R.I. - Crossover [1987]
Those of you who have been paying attention recently will realise that this is the third D.R.I. album I've posted in a short space of time. And so what? I love them. This one isn't quite so classic as their earlier efforts - indeed, songs are, on average, about 2.5 times as long and contain a lot more thrash influence than in the past, but once again, this is still an album that should appeal well to both camps.
160 kbps
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160 kbps
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Sunday, 20 November 2011
D.R.I. - Dirty Rotten LP [1983]
Raw, unadulterated proto-crossover thrash madness. This is essentially a hardcore record (hell, thrash had barely been conceived at the time of its release), but the sheer speed and crazy approach of it should make it appeal to all fans of the likes of S.O.D., Cryptic Slaughter and indeed later D.R.I.. Some of the tracks on here were later re-released on Dealing With It - personally, I prefer that one, but this shouldn't be passed up on either.
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192 kbps
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Monday, 3 October 2011
Biolich- The Space Between Home and Today EP(2005)
Hey everyone, back to share one of my all time favorite EP's from a short lived but unbelievable band. Biolich were an American Metal band who are basically genre-less: at their most basic, Biolich played an insane mix of Demilich, Wormed and Between the Buried and Me that was loaded to bursting with technical riffs, complex time signatures and inhuman vocals that are as close to the legendary vocals of Antti Boman as you can get.
Some of the sections in these songs sound a lot like Demilich, with spacey and awkward sounding progressions that would have felt right at home on Nespithe. But this is far from a worship band: really beyond the vocals and occasional Demilich like riff, the bands really don't sound that much alike. And the band often head into complex Jazzy slams and even some clean singing sections. There is a techcore element to Biolich: a few breakdowns here and there. If you are a completely closed minded Metal fan who refuses to acknowledge the anything with any breakdowns(sucks to not listen to Suffocation I imagine), then you will probably hate this amazing EP. If you can look past 2 breakdowns scattered throughout 6 songs, then you MUST listen to this. One of the finest pieces of Extreme Metal I have ever heard.
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Monday, 15 August 2011
Deathcore Fanzine #1 [1985]
Worry yourselves not, this is not a 'zine about the much reviled combination of the worst parts of death metal and hardcore, but rather one which focuses on bands from the two individual scenes. In case you hadn't guessed, these are not my scans, but rather ones found on the internet - I merely converted them into pdf format.
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Saturday, 2 July 2011
SSS - Problems To The Answer [2011]
So this is the new SSS, and I quite like it. That said, I'm not as fond (yet) as I am of the S/T and The Dividing Line, but it's solid crossover, although with more aggression than previous releases, partly because of guest vocals from Barney Greenway, and partly because of the inclusion of some blasts.I've decided to stop doing similar artists.
~270 kbps VBR
Download link removed at band's request.
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Lawnmower Deth - Ooh Crikey It's Lawnmower Deth! [1990]
Lawnmower Deth, like Metal Duck, never expected to be taken seriously. A true comedy band, the only difference between them and many others of that ilk is that their music had some quality to it (although it was never exceptional). Listen to this, and enter to the church of the apocalyptic lawnmower.Similar artists: Metal Duck, Cryptic Slaughter, S.O.D.
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Nuclear Assault - Game Over [1986]
I'm not going to pretend otherwise, I prefer Brutal Truth to Nuclear Assault. That said, I'm more of a grindcore than thrash man anyway, and Dan Lilker's first real project is sustenance to my musical appetite in extremis. This is the debut.Similar artists: S.O.D., D.R.I., M.O.D. (yeah, lots of abbreviations)
256 kbps
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
SSS - The Dividing Line [2008]
The follow-up to their self-titled debut, this may be slightly more melodic than that, but I assure you, it's equally aggressive, and certainly a good listen. A perfect mix between a raw and polished production only adds to it.128 kbps
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SSS - SSS [2007]
Liverpudlians Short Sharp Shock, or SSS for short, are one of, if not the, best band of the thrash revival at the moment. Like most thrash acts, their energy crosses over well to the live arena, but these kicking crossover songs stand up well on record as well.160 kbps
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Mongo Ninja - ...And The Wrist Is History [2009]
N.B. I haven't a clue why I accidentally labelled the archive as 2004, but the contents are correctly labelled.Mongo Ninja are a side project of Emperor's vocalist Bård, although 'side project of Blood Tsunami' would perhaps now be more appropriate. Nonetheless, they play super aggressive crossover, with a hint of trad metal influence in the mix too, Good old fashioned fun.
~250 kbps VBR
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Friday, 18 March 2011
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies [1989]
On this, their debut album, Suicidal Tendencies pioneered the crossover thrash sound, although this was considerably closer to hardcore than future famous crossover bands (think D.R.I.) would be. This even has a 'hit' single, 'Institutionalized' on it.229 kbps VBR
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