With an album title like Thrashin’ Fury you more or less know what you’re going to get, don’t you? Much like the music here, the name gets straight to the point with no ambiguity whatsoever and sometimes simplicity is a good thing (as far as I’m concerned thrash metal and technicality don’t belong in the same phrase). Having released their debut album back in 2000, this Polish lot would appear to come from a black/death metal background and this is very much apparent on this release. This is certainly a thrash album that will appeal to the more extreme metal fan rather than those looking for fun tunes to eat pizza and party to, and it’s a mighty pissed-off sounding record!
No time for foreplay, we get straight down and dirty with the ‘Whore’ opening up and giving a right old beating. Guitars thrash away with no sign of remorse and drums are equally full on. Vocals come very much in the vein of Mille Petrozza; raw as fuck and delivered with genuine aggression. The foray continues with ‘Drums Of War’ which is launched with machine gun fire and rattles ahead at full throttle. This is the kind of track that will get you geared up for battle and thirsty for enemy blood and you can almost smell the napalm in the air. It’s not for wimps and sissies, you can just slide on back over to your Manowar CDs for what it’s worth!
There’s a hefty dose of Slayer worship in the mix it has to be said, especially when you listen to the opening bars of ‘Unleash The Unholy’ which genuinely have me expecting them to blast into a cover of Raining Blood (like the world needs another Slayer cover). I do like ‘Return To Tortuga Bay;’ the guitars on this at one point really come at you like a swarm of angry wasps that have been riled up the wrong way. ‘Watch The World Burn’ lays down a more mid-paced groove while the riffs are nice and heavy and the chorus really hooks you in.
This is a good solid release on the whole, full of genuine anger and aggression, killer riffs and with quite a dark and menacing tone. There’s a hint of old school about it, more in the kind of rough, aggressive thrash from Germany in the vein of Sodom, Kreator, Desaster, etc. There’s nothing outstanding here, and nothing I haven’t heard before but it’s worth checking out if you are a thrash fan, and it’s perfect stuff to bang your head to!
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