乐队列表 Thrash Black Suppressive Fire Hellwraith

Suppressive Fire takes their name from a basic gun battle tactic, which is to cover your partner, by shooting excessively at the enemy. The album art was done by the drummer and depicts a gas masked mercenary posing in front of an inverted pentagram. They are a young three piece thrash black outfit from North Carolina, with the bassist performing the vocals. This EP, entitled Hellwraith, is the band's first time at the shooting range. So with a title like that, is this going to be a super evil thrash black release? Or will it sound like the stereotypical Southern sludge, that comes from that part of the country?

Aaron Schmidt growls his raspy vocals with the rottenness of Rob Dukes and the sociopathic attitude of Dave Mustaine. It is intoned with an air of anger and hatred, but not sounding too cartoonish. He becomes more animated as the evil stories progress, which are mainly about maiming or killing people. He plays fast ominous bass lines, with heavy devastating chops, and resonates in a doomy manner like Chronos of Venom. The bass music is a very prominent component of the compositions, considering the musical arrangement. It adds some explosive ambiance to the guitar leads and a lot of deadly force to the overall impact of the songs. Pyrophoric Blood starts out raw and rough, with a catchy stutter rhythm. It thrashes at a medium tempo, with nothing too flashy, then it picks up the pace three minutes in. Thrashing with a misanthropic state of mind and mixed with geeky melodies like typical US black metal. Then there is a high note guitar solo, that sounds as flowery as a prog metal interlude. The lyrics are about blowing yourself up with a bomb, while standing with other people.

The guitar leads are heavy and fierce, with simple yet explosive riffs. Sometimes he plays fast dark thrashing with sudden speed change ups, to create a warped black metal effect. Which is complemented by sharp high note guitar picking, sounding almost like a thrash styled tremolo. The fast riff shifting leads sometimes alternate with punk styled hooks, and some old school hard rock styled guitar solos. The Christian Crippler starts with dark thrashing, which gets faster and harder. The percussion patterns are very active, stirring up a variety of beat tones to the heavy bass lines , and complex guitar hooks. It's actually very fast, with flashy high note guitar solos. The bass lines are heavy and resonate like a dark cloud to the explosive guitar thrashing. The lyrics involve a Satanist who attacks Christians with a baseball bat.

The percussive presence is very active, accommodating the fast impulsive swings of intensity. He throws down hard on the drums with snare roll flare ups, intense bass drum blast beats, and fast cymbal rattling. The complex tone patterns add some extra grit to these rough thrash black compositions. Bayonet Penetration starts out with chaotic thrashing, with sudden time and speed changes. The guitar leads have a sharp cutting edge and shred out pretty good. The high note guitar solo flutters along like flames moving around in a fire. Then there is an interval of intense thrashing, with heavy bass bashing. The lyrics are about fucking you up with a bayonet.

Hellwraith fucks you up with misanthropic murder metal, through the course of six sick thrash black songs. The lyrical themes are a lot of violent entertainment and are presented with the charm of an adolescent prank. Most of the thrash structures rock out similarly to present day Venom, with some traces of hardcore textures thrown in from time to time. The black metal structures ramble along with the stereotypical awkwardness of US black metal music. They're a young band that's just starting out with this EP. So that apparently comes with some flaws and amateur characteristics. The seventies hard rock styled guitar solos did seem a bit out of place in the thrash black compositions. Sometimes very similar musical structures reappear in the songs. Overall this EP rocks out pretty good and is a decent starting point for suppressive Fire