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.
You know a song rules when the double kick sounds like a helicopter flying by. Here’s Slayer with Raining Blood. One of the many songs in Guitar Hero 3 that made my arm feel like it was going to fall off.
Thrash metal has invaded my playlists, it’s just fast and great music. Today’s track is Destruction’s cover of the Saxon great “Princess of the Night.”
And for comparison, the original:
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.
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.
HAPPY PASSOVER HAVE SOME HEAVY METAL! Metallica’s Creeping Death on top of footage from the Ten Commandments. Here’s hoping I don’t get hit by lightning today.