Exodus - Bonded By Blood - guest review
Exodus - Bonded By Blood - guest review
Tracklist
01. Bonded By Blood02. Exodus
03. And Then There Were None
04. A Lesson In Violence
05. Metal Command
06. Piranha
07. No Love
08. Deliver Us To Evil
09. Strike Of The Beast
10. And Then There Were None [Live in London] [Century Media reissues bonus]
11. A Lesson In Violence [Live in London] [Century Media reissues bonus]
Guest review by
Death To Posers February 03, 2011
The songs on this release aren't slick or pretty in any way shape or form, they're the antithesis of the borderline homoerotic Los Angeles G.L.A.M bands that gave metal a near permanent black eye all throughout the 80's. The production is a bit muddy at times, but it only adds to the effect of the album. They actually replayed this album with the new band members and called it Let There Be Blood. Most of the tracks actually don't sound quite right with modern production. The speedy riffs on the album pump adrenaline and the percussion is vicious. Gary Holt has to be one of the best guitarists in thrash, this guy is a shred-fucking-monster! His solos are bone-crushing on this album, they sometimes have a blue-grass feel to them which not a lot of other guitarists can pull off. The solo on "No Love" was especially bad ass, definitely worth a listen. The only interlude on the album is the 40-second medieval sounding intro to "No Love," which only serves as a sweet contrast to the nasty, sinister riff when the song actually begins. This song was the inspiration to one of my tattoos on the back of my arm that I had done after my high school graduation party, I was pretty hammered but I don't regret it.
This album is a classic; a definitive piece of Metal history. If you haven't heard it you should definitely listen to it, probably in my top 20 albums of all time.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Death To Posers | February 03, 2011
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Comments
Comments:
5
Visited by
103 users
| BeastOfMetal456
Account deleted |
|
|
Posts: 43 |
|
| soadbyob
Account deleted |
|
 Posts: 268 |
Posts: 268 Written by Veil of Maya on 26.10.2011 at 23:23 Thanks. The tattoo is in my profile pics.
---- The word gen means "illusion" or "apparition." In India, a man who uses conjury is called a genjutsushi ["a master of illusion technique"]. Everything in this world is but a marionette show. Thus we use the word gen.
Loading...
|
|
Posts: 942 |
Loading...
|
Hits total: 7698 | This month: 17