BAY AREA THRASH

Nicko McBuff · Post by **Nicko McBuff** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:50 pm

Exodus and Heathen had the best stuff IMO... and Heathen are still good! (that recent demo slays) Lääz Rockit I prefer their more early power material, catchy band. Ulysses Siren sounds really riff happy and awesome too.

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:07 am

The Sentinel wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the BLIND ILLUSION LP is a RIPPER?

No, you're not alone. I still enjoy it, as well as the Blood Shower demo.

Rock Beast · Post by **Rock Beast** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:06 am

Since the genre of Thrash metal feels so finite and boring (so many bands sounds like the other. The same for Black Metal) I have never found the real passion in the genre. But still, 2 first POSSESSED LPs are great and the same with METALLICA. If i Listen to Thrash I mainly go for more genuin stuff like MORBID SAINT or early INQUISITION.

Fucking Åmål · Post by **Fucking Åmål** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:14 am

Only EXODUS-Bonded By Blood and the two albums of the GODS GRIFFIN(underrated band though).That's i think are the best S.F speed/thrash bands(Metallica don't count they were from L.A)

wicked keeper · Post by **wicked keeper** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:09 pm

Easily the most overrated Metal scene of the 80's...

Having said that - Death Angel's Ultraviolence , Exodus' Bonded by Blood & Sadus' first two are all masterpieces.

And Dan I agree about Seemingly Endless Time being a killer track - they used to play that clip all the time on late night Oz TV back in the early 90's ,but the rest of that album is very average and I can't believe someone who hates Anthrax as much as you likes it -because to me Belladonna era Anthrax is what that album reminds me of the most -particularly State of Euphoria (although admittedly 100x better)

®O©O · Post by **®O©O** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:20 pm

nothig much to say, mostly all is top for me...
but about Blind illusion - when I first heard them I was soooo impressed
and I still think of them like that... fenomenal band!

mordred · Post by **mordred** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:04 pm

God, I must be the only person on the planet to consider "Pleasures of the Flesh" the best Exodus LP.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:47 pm

Noisenik wrote: But if I'd have to consider Apocalypse' debut as Bay Area thrash, than I declare it the best Bay Area thrash album ever recorded.

So considered as a scene has some absolute musts and some pretty drowsy stuff. Every band treated separately ...

About non BA bands / albums with BA sound, I'd definitely pick Artillery's By Inheritance as my favorite! (Of course after the Forbidden and Metallica's masterpieces).

Nightlock · Post by **Nightlock** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:56 am

@ Sovdat:

I like Artillery because I thought they sounded different and not very Bay Area...

It must be one of the most overrated scenes in 80's metal I prefer other American thrash like Whiplash and Overkill much more than anything those Bay Area bands mentioned above released. I do like Forbidden, Laaz Rockit, Vio-lence, Exodus etc but none of those bands have released any truly amazing albums. It's so monotonous, good taken in small does...

The European Thrash scene however give me Sabbat, Artillery, Deathrow and Destruction any day over those bay area bands.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:32 am

Well, of course that it's different, but BI had a lot of BA influences, and speaking of Deathrow, ther final album as well

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:01 pm

At the end of 80's a lot of bands were BA influenced. Beneath The Remains has some influences and - I dare to say - even Agent Orange. And I also dare to say Apocalypse is more BA influenced than By Inheritance. Of course, By Inheritance is an excellent album as well.

DTP · Post by **DTP** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:37 pm

SACRILEGE B.C.?

debut's a ripper, followup's slower and more typical chugga-bayarea crunch, but it's grown on me...

most BayArea thrash is too tame for me, but POSSESSED, VIO-LENCE, ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (killer crossover!) and 'the ultra-violence' still gets regular spins 'round here..

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:41 am

Rock Beast wrote: early INQUISITION.

hm but aren't they a Kreator clone at that point? I mean I like the early stuff to a degree but I think we can talk about Inquisition being original more when they debuted the Popeye rolling monophononic black metal thing they did later on. Still nobody else out there that sounds like them in that guise.

But Kreator clones?... dime a dozen.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:01 pm

Early INQUISITION (EP + DEMO) were influenced heavily by KREATOR (esp. Terrible Certainty + Extreme Aggression era), i wouldn't call them clones though. Not very original either. There's some really good inspired and technical riffing in their early stuff, the complexity of the songstructures differentiates from the rest of the clones.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:24 pm

Yeah I was led towards Inquisition when I was asking here about technothrash, and whereas they're not, I kept the music and returned to it quite often for a while. There's a lot to like in the early material but love it or hate it, their later black metal style is inimitable whereas there were a lot of bands playing in their early style, that was my whole point.