Thrash Metal - Blood Tsunami

Releasing their debut album under the title "Thrash Metal" makes it pretty clear that originality probably wasnt top of the list of priorities for Blood Tsunami, especially when you couple this with the wonderfully dumb manowar-esque artwork. Sure enough, 'Thrash Metal' brings absolutely nothing new to the table, serving up a main course of Slayer and Kreator riffs, (one song is called "Let Blood Rain" for crying out loud) garnished with a sprinkling of Gothenburg flavoured melodic death metal a la At The Gates. There are a thousand other bands out there suckling at the swollen teat of Gothenburg death/thrash, so what makes 'Thrash Metal' ...  Read the complete review

To arrogantly name your album 'Thrash Metal' twenty years after the genre's heyday is never going to win an up-and-coming band a lot of friends in the metal community, and Blood Tsunami's recent debut is far removed from a thrash classic, or even a particularly enjoyable tribute. For a start, just like Venom's 'Black Metal' which predated that other genre, it doesn't even sound like authentic thrash, mixing elements of eighties American and European thrash (Slayer and Kreator in particular) into a foundation that's most reminiscent of modern melodic death metal, without the good bits. This Norwegian band doesn't bring anything new to the music scene, even by ...  Read the complete review