WARBEAST – Krush the Enemy CD
Housecore Records
WARBEAST comes straight out of Texas kickin ass and taking names (yeah that’s an ANTISEEN lyric) which they do with punishing ease on this their debut full length. The band plays mainly aggressive old school Thrash but various genres are explored, beaten upon and finally kicked across the room. Their twin guitar attack from Scott Shelby and Rick Perry invokes early SLAYER with fierce riff abandonment plus dual soloing included. The rhythm section of bassist Alan Bovee and drummer Joe Gonzalez supplies enough bombast to keep your head banging along. Finally there are the vocals by Bruce Corbitt which range from pissed off to angry then angrier. There’s something else which is important to note. This is not some new Thrash revival band copying a template from the past greats.
WARBEAST are veteran thrashers from the lone star state consisting of former GAMMACIDE members and Bruce Corbitt former vocalist of RIGOR MORTIS. They’ve been playing together since 2006 under the moniker TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE but in 2009 they decided to change their name and were quickly signed to Housecore Records which is a label run by Phil Anselmo, no introduction needed with him. Not only did Phil sign them but he also produced this release. I’m guessing RIGOR MORTIS and GAMMACIDE shared a few show bills with one of Phil’s bands in the past so it all looks like a friends club. Either way the ten cuts on here represent something that I see definitely missing with alot of these newer Thrash bands and that’s hunger. Krush the Enemy sounds like an older band trying to make a comeback release and willing to tear through anything to get fed. The Thrash revival is over with as far as any surprises go and now all we have are bands opting to be top dog at the pound. WARBEAST just entered the fray and has made all the other new pooches look like pussies.
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