Upcoming Thrash Metal tribute album

Well here you have it and you guys better buy it or there shall be slaps......

We here in the land O' leprechauns are putting together a Thrash Metal compilation featuring some (not all believe me) of the finest (and the odd crap one, but they paid to get on it so they're in) Metal acts from the Emerald Isle.

Song list has not been completed yet but you can see from the list below that there are some different bands been covered from the usual suspects, however I'm still weary of adding a "Venom" cover to a Thrash tribute & even Primordial sugested doing a Candlemass cover which to me defeats the whole idea (what the f*** have candlemass got to do with a Thrash Metal comp.).


Sol Axis --- Bathory
Vigilance --- Tankard
Waylander --- Sabbat
Gama Bomb --- Flotsam & Jetsam
Mass Extinction --- Vio-Lence
Nemesis --- Venom
Nuclear Reign --- Testament
Era Vulgaris --- Megadeth
De Novissimus --- Nuclear Assault
Christorgy --- Lawnmower Deth
Sorrowfall --- Metallica
Manifest --- Death Angel
Polaris --- Anthrax
Only Fumes & Corpses --- D.R.I.
Acrid Nebula --- Celtic Frost
Warpath ---- Slayer
Viocosis ---- Sacred Reich



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Looks pretty sweet

love that Baseball Fury avatar - sor!

I'll definitely have to check this out when it is released!

Hm, alot of good bands there

nothing wrong with Venom & Bathory being included

i agree with mc666..... nothing wrong with Venom or Bathory

Sounds like a cool idea. I have one similar to this that is decent:

Thrash or be Thrashed - An International Tribute to Thrash (Blackfish) 2003

1. Barcode - "Peace Sells" [Megadeth] (3:23)
2. I Defy - "Torch This Place [Razor] (2:50)
3. Descent - "Into the Pit" [Testament] (2:54)
4. Unite - "For Whom the Bell Tolls" [Metallica] (4:48 )
5. D.B.N. - "Empty Tankard" [Tankard] (3:09)
6. Exit Wound - "Hook in Mouth [Megadeth] (4:47)
7. December - "Seemingly Endless Time [Death Angel] (3:29)
8. Carnun Rising - "South of Heaven" [Slayer] (4:36)
9. Assert - "Ace of Spades" [Motorhead] (2:17)
10. Phallice - "W.T.Y.D. [Annihilator] (4:06)
11. Ownfight - "Into the Crypt of Rays" [Celtic Frost] (3:25)
12. Ted Maul - "Thanx for Nothing" [Overkill] (3:56)
13. Ghoul - "Skull Beneath the Skin" [Megadeth] (3:51)
14. I Adapt - "New Song" [Nuclear Assault] (3:11)
15. Straight Hate - "Black Magic" [Slayer] (3:43)
16. Co-Exist - Overkill Medley [Overkill] (6:04)
17. Argento "Black Breath" [Repulsion] (2:30)
18. Inside Conflict - "The American Way" [Sacred Reich] (2:22)
19. Stampin' Ground - "Calling the Coroner" [Vio-lence] (4:16)

I was disappointed by "Thrash or be Thrashed".

I would've loved for us to have performed a song on there.

How is that DBN track? Tankard rules and that song is one of my favorite Tankard songs. I hope its good! I'd like to hear this!!!

Temple of Blood wrote:

I was disappointed by "Thrash or be Thrashed".
I would've loved for us to have performed a song on there.

Yeah, it's not a 'great' CD by any stretch of the imagination, but it's decent.

My review is kind of long but here it is anyhow:

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This is a cool idea for a compilation. Ninteen different underground bands from
around the world paying tribute to some of the best classic thrash bands. According
to the liner notes, all the money raised from this compilation was suppose to
be donated to cancer research. Denmark's Barcode start things off with
a passable version of Megadeth's
classic "Peace Sells". It almost sounds like Megadeth
gone metalcore. GAK! This is followed by two songs that are well done but two
European bands; Germany's I Defy covering Razor
and England's Descent doing justice to Testament.
This song would have sounded great on the "Jump in the Pit" tribute as well.
England's Unite pull out a freaking killer, bombastic version of "For
Whom the Bell Tolls". I assumed when I saw the rather obvious choice that this
song would be mediocre, but it was easily one of the standout cuts on the CD
for me. Exit Wound pull off a good cover of Megadeth's
"Hook In Mouth", while December crank out an underground classic from
Death Angel. What would a thrash
tribute be without Slayer? Ireland's
Carnun Rising basically destroy Slayer's
"South of Heaven" with painfully out of synch dual guitars and crappy death
vocals. Likewise Greece's Straight Hate try a black metal version of
Slayer's "Black Magic" and basically
butcher the song. As would be expected with an underground compilation like
this, the production varies from song to song, but Straight Hate's vocals
are just way, way too loud and abrasive. The skip button will become a necessity
with repeated listens. Unfortunately Iceland 's I Adapt have production
problems as well on their cover of "New Song" by Nuclear
Assault, although the performance isn't bad at all. England's Assert
crank out an excellent cover of "Ace of Spades". I have to admit, while Motorhead
are one of my favorite bands, and certainly a forefather to thrash, "Ace of
Spades" is not a thrash song. Still, a nice inclusion and a good cover. Phallicide
offer up a heavy tribute to one of the most underrated thrash band, Annihilator.
A decent recording and cover, marred only by the vocals that sound like a death
metal troll with a bad cold. Despite the vocals, the band has a way with the
song that is both brutal and melodic at the same time. Love the dual guitars,
as well as the smokin' lead break. Spain's Ownfight give a punk rock
treatment to Celtic Frost's "Into
the Crypt of the Rays". The band that wins the award for dumbest band name goes
to Ted Maul who pull out an incredibly crappy version of Overkill's
"Thanx for Nothing". The original song is great, but this version is marred
by poor vocals. Ghoul is up next with their version of Megadeth's
"Skull Beneath the Skin", a great choice for a cover, although this is the third
Megadeth cover offered up here. I
Adapt offer up a great cover of Nuclear
Assault's "New Song". Unfortunately the recording is a little thin, but
isn't so band I can't enjoy the song. Scottlands' Co-Exist does a six-minute
medley of Overkill tracks which is
most certainly one of the coolest ideas presented here and pays homage to a
band I always thought should have been as big as Megadeth,
Slayer, Metallica
and Anthrax. The song starts off with
the haunting sounds of the song "Overkill" before bursting into a full throttle
assault to the ears. Other tracks include "Wrecking Crew", "Powersurge" and
"Elimination". Argento cover a band I am unfamiliar with, so I can't
comment much on the song other than to say it sounds good to me. Inside Conflict
(France) covers "The American Way" by Sacred
Reich and gives it a far more brutal spin. Actually, if I didn't know that
this was suppose to be "The American Way" I probably wouldn't have even recognized
it. The CD finishes off with an amazing cover of "Calling in the Coroner" by
Vio-lence! A great way to end the
disc. Tony Scaglione (Whiplash), and
Jim Durkin (Dark Angel) offer up
some thoughts on thrash days gone by.
Somehow Blackfish managed to get Ed Repka, the king of thrash record covers,
to do the art for this CD. The cover reminds me of Megadeth's
amazing "Peace Sells". The booklet itself is jam packed with information; liner
notes, photos, contact information from the bands, and even scans of old thrash
metal concert flyers. My only real complaint about this CD is what was missing.
While we have three Megadeth covers,
two Slayer covers and two Overkill
covers, where is the fourth band from the Big Four? Anthrax
surely should have been represented here. I would have liked to have heard a
thrashin' version of "Raise Hell" or "Metal Thrashing Mad". Perhaps that will
be held for Vol. 2. Also, where is Exodus?
Exodus were vital to the history of
thrash metal. How about Dark Angel,
Kreator, Sodom,
Destruction, Hirax?
Shoot, I would have gladly donated my own band's (Ultimatum)
version of Vengeance Rising's "Burn"
or Testament's "Sins of Omission"
to the cause. Germany's Blackend could
have added in their Testament cover
as well. In the label's defense, they do dictate in the liner notes that there
are so many bands that they would have liked to see represented here that weren't.

Temple of Blood wrote:

I was disappointed by "Thrash or be Thrashed".

I would've loved for us to have performed a song on there.

I would have loved to hear you guys play "Thanx for Nothing" - Overkill

fishingd wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

I was disappointed by "Thrash or be Thrashed".

I would've loved for us to have performed a song on there.

I would have loved to hear you guys play "Thanx for Nothing" - Overkill

That's a cool song!

We used to play "Powersurge" live.

Ult, you must invest in some Tankard!

I have some CDR burns and I have one album on my Ipod. Wish their CDs
were a little easier to come by. However, you are right. Not having
Tankard does leave a big hole in my site.



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Well this project is near completion, and the tracks are popping up all over the place.

Check out the Nuclear Reign site if you want to hear their version of "Into the Pit" by Testament (it's not the Ultimatum version that's for sure).

http://www.myspace.com/nuclearreign

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