Retrash

Artist: Oozing Wound // Album: Retrash

Not-quite-but-really-feels-like Crossover Thrash from Chicago. Self described as "loud fucking guitars and screaming and shit. We don't sing, and we don't write big choruses." This isn't groundbreaking or outstanding, but this is just their debut…they have potential. Check em out. Hidden FCC in #1. #4 is CLEAN despite the title.

RIYL: Stormtroopers of Death, Municipal Waste, hardcore punk, sludgy vocals

1.) + + + Hard rockin old-school thrash riff! Has an FCC (shit) but you won't hear it.
2.) Slightly less thrashy riff, second half of song goes into some kind of driving buildup
3.) + Sludgy start, picks up into galloping chugging with occasional screams. Last 2 minutes hits a good groove. Starts fadeout 30seconds before end.
4.) + + Starts by establishing some rockin riffs, feels like a long intro, then really dives into it!
5.) + + Nice riff! Fast headbanger here.
6.) + + + Lots of fast tremolo picking. Sludge feel but fast.
7.) Uninteresting vamp for first 90 seconds, gets heavier but still same, eventually sounds vaguely like new Slayer…I'll pass.

-The Grunt