Court In The Act Presents Thrash: Parts I-V

So now that the thrash series has been completely posted, I'd like to say a few words about it. Before I get any complaints about any particular bands not being posted (as if the blog is popular enough for that), I'd like to add the disclaimer that this is in no way intended to be encyclopaedic. I'm not the most knowledgeable person about thrash in the world, and as I said in the first post, this is more targeted at people being introduced to the genre. Artists were chosen at an arbitrary basis within the categories, and songs are those I like. The series has included the following bands:

Absu
Annihilator
Anthrax
Aura Noir
Bathory
Blood Tsunami
Celtic Frost
Dark Angel
Deiphago
Demolition Hammer
Deströyer 666
Destruction
Dew-Scented
Evile
Exodus
Flotsam & Jetsam
Forbidden
Heathen
Hellhammer
Hobbs' Angel Of Death
Holy Terror
Impaled Nazarene
Kreator
Lawnmower Deth
Legion Of The Damned
Manilla Road
Metal Church
Metallica
Morbid Saint
Mutant
Nifelheim
Pestilence
Possessed
Razor
Ripping Corpse
Sacrifice
Sadus
Sarcófago
Sepultura
Sextrash
Skeletonwitch
Slayer
Sodom
SSS
Testament
Toxic Holocaust
Venom
Violator
Vomitor
Vulcano

LINKS:

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
All parts in one archive

Court In The Act Presents Thrash Pt. V: 21st Century Thrash

The final part of Court In The Act's Thrash Series (for now), this is based on newer albums (not necessarily bands) which have particularly impressed, although the only qualifier was to be released post-2000 (and, obviously, to play thrash).

Tracklisting:

1. Absu - Pillars Of Mercy (from Tara)
2. Evile - Schizophrenia (from Enter The Grave)
3. Toxic Holocaust - Nuke The Cross (from An Overdose Of Death)
4. Heathen - Arrows Of Agony (from The Evolution Of Chaos)
5. SSS - New Dogs (from SSS)
6. Aura Noir - Schitzoid Paranoid (from Hades Rise)
7. Legion Of The Damned - Legion Of The Damned (from Malevolent Rapture)
8. Violator - Atomic Nightmare (from Chemical Assault)
9. Vomitor - Neutron Hammer (from Devils Poison)
10. Mutant - Turbo Hyper Ultra Mega Power (from Laserdrome)

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Court In The Act Presents Thrash Pt. IV: Lost Gems Of Thrash

This is part 4 of Court In The Act's thrash series, and it's focused on highlighting some of the quality within the lesser-known areas of thrash metal. It ranges in style, from that which is barely aggressive enough to be thrash (Manilla Road), to the brutal (Ripping Corpse, Sextrash).

Tracklisting:

1. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic (from Crystal Logic)
2. Razor - Behind Bars (from Violent Restitution)
3. Metal Church - (My Favourite) Nightmare (from Metal Church)
4. Flotsam And Jetsam - Desecrator (from Doomsday For The Deceiver)
5. Sacrifice - Existence Within Eternity (from Soldiers Of Misfortune)
6. Ripping Corpse - Anti God (from Dreaming With The Dead)
7. Lawnmower Deth - The Seventh Church Of The Apocalyptic Lawnmower (from Ooh Crikey It's Lawnmower Deth!)
8. Sextrash - Alcoholic Mosh (from Sexual Carnage)
9. Hobbs' Angel Of Death - Jack The Ripper (from Hobbs' Angel Of Death)
10. Holy Terror - Debt Of Pain (from Mind Wars)

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Court In The Act Presents Thrash Pt. III: Left Hand Thrash

Part 3 of Court In The Act's thrash series, this is predominantly those who got to the scene too late to truly influence extreme metal (predominantly, there's some spillover from 'Precursors...', but played extreme forms of thrash nonetheless.

Tracklisting:

1. Pestilence - Parricide (from Malleus Maleficarum)
2. Nifelheim - Unholy Death (from Nifelheim)
3. Demolition Hammer - Aborticide (from Epidemic Of Violence)
4. Deströyer 666 - Australian And Antichrist (from Unchain The Wolves)
5. Forbidden - Step By Step (from Twisted Into Form)
6. Impaled Nazarene - Whore (from Motörpenis)
7. Skeletonwitch - Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery (from Beyond The Permafrost)
8. Blood Tsunami - Let Blood Rain (from Thrash Metal)
9. Dew-Scented - Arise From Decay (from Invocation)
10. Deiphago - Angel RapeSlay (from Satanik Eon)

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Court In The Act Presents Thrash Pt. II: Precursors To Extremity

This is the second part of the thrash compilation series, and it largely focuses on thrash bands who were either influential on or in extreme metal scenes. The reason for Slayer's lack of inclusion is that they were in 'Legends Of Thrash'.

Tracklist is as follows:

1. Hellhammer - Maniac (from Triumph Of Death)
2. Celtic Frost - Procreation (Of The Wicked) (from Morbid Tales)
3. Bathory - Bestial Lust (Bitch) (from The Return...)
4. Venom - Countess Bathory (from Black Metal)
5. Possessed - Death Metal (from Seven Churches)
6. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends (from Darkness Descends)
7. Sarcófago - Nightmare (from INRI)
8. Morbid Saint - Lock Up Your Children (from Spectrum Of Death)
9. Sadus - Torture (from Illusions (Chemical Exposure))
10. Vulcano - Spirits Of Evil (from Bloody Vengeance)

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Court In The Act Presents Thrash Pt. 1: Legends Of Thrash

Despite my horrific attempt at artwork, I will be uploading a series of compilations based on thrash metal over the next few days. These are aimed to both introduce people to the genre, and to give veterans a chance of finding something new (although this probably isn't going to reveal anything for longtime thrash fans).

This first one is an introduction to the key bands in the genre. Tracklisting is as follows:

1. Metallica - Whiplash (from Kill 'Em All)
2. Slayer - The Antichrist (from Show No Mercy)
3. Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh (from Among The Living)
4. Exodus - Metal Command (from Bonded By Blood)
5. Testament - C.O.T.L.O.D. (from The Legacy)
6. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill (from Pleasure To Kill)
7. Sodom - Blasphemer (from In The Sign Of Evil)
8. Sepultura - Arise (from Arise)
9. Destruction - Unconscious Ruins (from Release From Agony)
10. Annihilator - Human Insecticide (from Alice In Hell)

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