Album: Anialator
Year: 1988
Genre: Thrash Metal
This album is the perfect
example of where motivation and lack of talent unite. That is not meant to be as insulting as it
sounds. Anialator have their blackened thrash
metal heart in the absolute right place.
The music is dirty, ugly and violent and is intent on causing pain. Now back to my first sentence. I believe the reason Anialator sounds as they
do is because they are not the strongest players. What Anialator create is a primal and single-minded
assault. Many bands have traveled the
same rough beginnings and became legends, or at very least cult classics. Just think back to the origins of Sepultura, Kreator,
Bathory, Hellhammer, Sodom, NME, Destruction, Sacrifice and Voivod. People worship their early material, but when
it was first released, no one knew what to do with it, let alone gave it
positive praise. No, Anialator will
never be seen as a band that influenced generations of rabid metalheads, but
this outing should not be easily thrown aside.
Bulldozing through at a voracious pace, this record really does sound
like it’s going to implode at any time; almost as if they band should have
stopped playing and had a stab at another take.
The rhythms are very loose, parts of the record are just messy and the
guitarists had zero business soloing.
Yet, it’s those elements that have me coming back for another listen. If you’re looking for razor-sharp, technical
thrash, go listen to some Coroner and be happy.
If you want a record of unhinged thrash metal played with reckless
abandon, this just might do the trick.
Listen to "Mission Of Death" here.
No comments:
Post a Comment