Retro Thrash bands.

Looking forward to a show with Violator next week.

Like I said before, Adrenicide is really cool.

some others from the new wave that I like are Municipal waste, Avenger of blood, violator, bomb threat(RIP), Dr. livingdead, possisuido pelo cao, Hypnosia, Gama bomb, merciless death, warpath, sss,

Oh, and cross examination...their rad too.

Anyone heard of Meltdown?They any good?

80smetalrocks wrote:

Anyone heard of Meltdown?They any good?

I like them.

Quote :

Meltdown - Executioner (Independent) 2007
1. "One by One"
(3:31)
2. "Executioner" (4:25)
3. "Black Tar Sin" (6:51)
4. "Death and Destruction" (4:07)
5. "Murdered to Death" (5:36)
6. "Souls" (7:10)
7. "Panic" (4:46)
8. "Double the Blood" (5:50)
9. "Thrashatonement" (2:51)
10. "Next Attack" (4:45)
In 2007 there seems to
be a flux of new, young bands with a classic thrash metal sound. Meltdown are
one such band. Their sound is fast, aggressive and has a sound not unlike "Bonded
by Blood", "Kill 'Em All", "Endless Pain" and "We Have Arrived". If from those
album titles you don't know exactly the sound I am describing, chances are you
are not a metal fan. I found the band's description of themselves especially
cool, "Meltdown is nothing more than four guys living for fast, aggressive,
attitude driven music. We know how to play guitar and we wear clothes that fit
us." The music is raw, just like those early thrash metal years gone by. Don't
expect perfect production or a perfect vocal performance. The vocals are delivered
with a punk-like attitude. There are no metalcore or nu-metalish influences
here at all. Meltdown are bringing back that old school heavy metal attitude
and sound. That is not to say that the band are a bunch of slackers. Rather,
the riffs are accomplished, the guitar solos fast and furious, and the rhythm
section is tight. While most of the songs are fast, the band knows how to add
in the mid-paced riffs to give their songs some variety. Standout tracks are
the infectious "Panic" and "Next Attack". "Soul" also stands out in my mind
with it's mid-paced, mosh groove in the middle of the song breaking up the monotony
of the speed assault the rest of the song offers. Easily as good as anything
from those early Bay Area bands, although I suppose an argument could be made
that there is nothing groundbreaking here either. In my opinion, music isn't
about "being groundbreaking" or constantly trying to come up with something
completely new from everyone else, rather it's about playing what you like.
Meltdown, along with bands like Merciless
Death, Exile, Fueled By Fire, Avenger
of Blood are strapping on their bullet belts, leather jackets and denim
vests and bringing old school thrash metal back to the metal masses. More power
to 'em!

ultmetal wrote:

Looking forward to a show with Violator next week.

Do you have any concerns playing with these guys? I'd have to double-check, but I seem to remember some pretty strong anti-Christian sentiments listed in the liner notes on their cd Chemical Assualt. Just wondering?

Nahhhh, we'll share the stage with anyone.

Of the new crop I like these the most:

Municipal Waste
Evile
Violater
Hyades
Gama Bomb
Avenger Of Blood
Merciless Death
Hatchet
Eliminator
Fastkill
Hatchery
Pitiful Reign

Meltdown are now called Mantic Ritual. Their album was rerecorded and came out almost 2 weeks ago. They are decent.

I like Toxic Holocaust the best out of the new ones

Hyades are my favorite from the newer bands.Heres some more I dig:

Warpath
Toxic Holocaust
Evile
Gama Bomb
Hatchet
Warbringer
Avenger of Blood
Ancestral
Violator

ultmetal wrote:

Nahhhh, we'll share the stage with anyone.

Even RuPaul?

SpectreFate wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Nahhhh, we'll share the stage with anyone.

Even RuPaul?

I'd pay to see that combo.

Sure. Why not? Maybe we could do a duet of Heart of Metal!

DeathCult wrote:

I like Toxic Holocaust the best out of the new ones

They are playing a free in store concert here tomorrow night.

7thSecond wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

I like Toxic Holocaust the best out of the new ones

They are playing a free in store concert here tomorrow night.

Lucky, thats awesome though.

LICH KING, TEMPLE of BLOOD, and VIOLATOR are the three recent power/speed bands I dig most.

There are many good bands in this days my favorites are:

Toxic Holocaust

Avenger of blood

Warbringer

Nocturnal

Fueled by Fire

Gama Bomb

Violator

Haha, thrash is thrash. If it's good, I'll listen. If I don't find it interesting, then I don't. I don't tend to compare bands to old bands because of nostalgia. Actually I'd try to separate them a bit if anything. Either way, if they're good I listen.

stormspell wrote:

LICH KING, TEMPLE of BLOOD, and VIOLATOR are the three recent power/speed bands I dig most.

I really dig the last Lich King. I love the humor mixed in. "Black Metal Sucks" makes me laugh every single time.

I agree that the newer ones just can't compete with the old school ones. However, of the few I have heard, Bonded By Blood comes closest, great band IMO. I do need to listen to more of them but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

7thSecond wrote:

Though I have found some good newer bands (Gamma Bomb, SSS, Evile, Municipal Waste, etc.), they just can't seem to hold a candle to the bands I grew up with and I find myself having a hard time being interested in them at all beyond just listening to their music. With the older bands I love reading interviews, articles, books etc.

It's gama bomb.not Gamma.Any who I think that gama bomb is the only one that can match to the greatness of the old bands to me non of them give me the same felling.

I'm really getting into Bonded By Blood, and Municipal Waste. new stuff but it's in the spirit of the retro.

These new wave bands will never compare to the old stuff but I can honestly say that they are a WHOLE lot more relevent to what I'm into and real metal then anything else at the moment which I'm glad for.

I'm sure I would say the same thing about these bands if there is a 4th wave of thrash in the future, but hopefully the 3rd wave will never die.

My experience has been this with the new kiddiez. Like what I hear on a cd or vinyl but they are something else onstage. Hope that will change as maturity comes, who can tell ? I figure they assume sloppy aggressive performance has more merit than a tight concise bombardment of sound.