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Rants and extended reads

The Year of the Thrashdemic: A Look Back & LePeR MeSSiaH’s Top 20 of 2020

If there was any year to be stuck inside listening to music…

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Old School classics

Sodom – Expurse Of Sodomy E.P. (Steamhammer, 1987)

In 1986, Sodom put out their “Obsessed By Cruelty” album. At that time, they were still very much in their earlier Black Thrash phase. “Expurse Of Sodomy” was released roughly 18 months later, and showed a more “classic Thrash” style. And it certainly is a classic! Recorded at Musiclab Studio in Berlin in late 1986, […]

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Album Reviews New Music Incoming

New music incoming: Amorphia – Arms to Death

Listen and buy here Arriving on Thrashmania’s inbox all the way from India, Amorphia released their debut ‘Arms to Death’ back in April. It is a solid debut that shows flashes of the true spirit of thrash metal but finds itself bogged down too much by some of the modern genre cliches exhibited by many […]

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Album Reviews

Madrost – “The Essence of Time Matches No Flesh” Review

You can never go wrong when you say the phrase “I’m listening to California-based metal”. And Madrost live up to the lofty expectations set by the SoCal scene with this piece. If you are wondering what would happen if someone decided to cross Vektor with mid-90s Death, this is what you have: a deep, heavy, […]

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Underground Gems

5 Underground Brazilian Thrash Albums

South America is one of my most favourite areas of the world for Metal, and a large number of those bands are from Brazil. Here’s five underground gems of Brazilian Thrash Metal: 1. Chakal – Abominable Anno Domini (Cogumelo Records, 1987) Chakal formed in 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They put out a demo and […]

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New Music Incoming

New Music Incoming: Hellcannon are back

Hellcannon are back for a third album, and they bring with them a heavier, more intense sound.

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Album Reviews

LePeR MeSSiaH Reviews: Riffobia – “Death From Above”

LePeR MeSSiaH Reviews Greek Thrashers Riffobia newest album.

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Album Reviews

LePeR MeSSiaH Reviews: Agggressor – “Bury Your Idols”

LePeR MeSSiaH reviews Mexican Thrashers Agggressor new album.

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Album Reviews

LePeR MeSSiaH Reviews: Warfect – “Scavengers”

LePeR MeSSiaH reviews Swedish Thrashers Warfect newest album.