Well, for being one of the earliest Finnish thrash metal albums I don't think it's that bad. Airdash has been mocked as cheap Anthrax-clone, but I think they had their own personality right from the beginning. The vocalist kinda sounds like Joey Belladonna, but that's pretty much about it. The twisty riffs are more like something Testament used to play back in the day. If anything stands out here, the it's the brilliant drumming of Juha Hintikka aka Agathon from Thy Serpent and Soulgrind, the man was seriously talented.

Written by Metal Diogenes on 22.04.2024 at 19:10

Well, for being one of the earliest Finnish thrash metal albums I don't think it's that bad. Airdash has been mocked as cheap Anthrax-clone, but I think they had their own personality right from the beginning. The vocalist kinda sounds like Joey Belladonna, but that's pretty much about it. The twisty riffs are more like something Testament used to play back in the day. If anything stands out here, the it's the brilliant drumming of Juha Hintikka aka Agathon from Thy Serpent and Soulgrind, the man was seriously talented.

This may be unoriginal, true, but still fun to listen, quite enjoyable. Yes, I thought of Testament and Anthrax influences, but I didn't mind, The performance was still competent and tight.

Either this album or the follow up will end up on my thrash list.