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Friday Morning Metal – Bat – Wings of Chains

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This may be the most metal album name of 2016. Wings of Chains. It just makes me think of some gnarly biker dude ripping across the highway while swinging chains around like a maniac. And this would be his soundtrack.

I’ve only gotten to listen to Bloodhounds and Code Rude, as they’re the freebies to encourage people to buy the album, and they sound like the big aggressive speed metal that is needed from time to time. Like when it’s 2 am and you and your buddies are driving to Taco Bell to get some late night gorditas and double decker tacos what have the doritos loco shell instead of the regular one. They’ll do that. Just gotta ask.

I am looking forward to the entire album. If it’s anything like the two tracks, it’s going to rip.

Friday Morning Metal – Speedwolf – Speedwolf

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I do enjoy bands what name songs after themselves. More so if the album is also named after the band (see also: Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Angel Witch). Speedwolf are a speed/thrash band from the Colorado area, sounding like that great overlap between punk and metal that’s full of chunky riffs, stripped down vocals, and enough double kick to restart a heart.

Anyway, here’s them performing their self-titled song live in Denver.

Here’s the album version if you’d like something a little different.

Friday Morning Metal – Suicidal Angels – Bloodbath

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I’ve been on a thrash metal kick for a few days after being recommended Suicidal Angels. So iPod’s loaded up with them and some Slayer, and now I feel like demolishing a house when I should be writing about stuff at work. According to the Wikipedia, Suicidal Angels are a Greek thrash metal band, continuing to reinforce that you have to look outside of the US to find good current metal.

Anyway, here’s their official video for Bloodbath, with probably the most metal intro of metal. I love me some metal intros, especially when it takes a full minute of shredding before the vocals kick in.

Friday Morning Metal – HAVOK – D.O.A.

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I just started listening to HAVOK a few days ago and really dig on their sound. It’s hard to find good thrash nowadays, so it was a pleasant surprise when I heard Time Is Up for the first time. And I’m pretty sure when my coworker gets back from vacation, she’s going to be annoyed by my incessant foot tapping.

Here’s D.O.A.

Friday Morning Metal – Black Tide – Shockwave

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It’s unfortunate Black Tide doesn’t really sound like this anymore. Because this is pretty awesome speed metal. But instead, they sound more like the chuggy stuff that seems to be prevalent in the US. Oh well. At least Shockwave is a totally awesome song. As is their cover of Metallica’s “Hit the Lights”