Released Via Candlelight Records
Genre: Thrash Metal
Track Listing:
1. Obligated To Incest
2. Tormenting The Innocent
3. Bulletproof
4. Boxed Out
5. F(r)iends Or Fiends?
6. Think!
7. Chemical Castration
8. Haters Gonna...Suffer!
9. Life Is Tough (So Am I)
Sounding
every bit the thrash metal band that their album cover would suggest they are,
Bio-Cancer take no time at all to deliver the shred guitar solos and riffs with
sheer speed that has defined the genre since the 80s. No riffs stick about for
very long here, and every element of the music sounds rough and mosh pit ready.
If you listen to this wanting an all-out, no-fuss thrash assault delivered at
wild speeds previously achieved only by the Tasmanian Devil on coke, then
you’re in for a solid album to add to your thrash collection. ‘Bulletproof’ is an ideal example of
this; all fury and punk-inspired spit that is likely best enjoyed as loud as
possible with a beer in your hand. The guitar work has an edge of technicality
to it that could be compared to early Megadeth or Testament but with the
attitude of early Teutonic thrash, and the drums are frantic enough to
punctuate the rest of the music effectively. The rasping vocals are only a
mention of Satan away from being rudimentary black metal vocals, with an
untutored execution enough to help the DIY attitude that early thrash metal
possessed. There’s little in the way of true originality here, but it’s obvious
to any listener that this album was created with the intent to thrash, pure and
simple. To some, it’ll be a throwback, but to others it will be another reason
why simple thrash metal makes for enjoyable listening.
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