Heathen were one of my first thrash bands - right after I first heard Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All, I wanted to find more music similar to that, so I tried to Google "prog thrash" afterwards and Heathen were one of the first things I found... so I have decided to give Victims a try... and have been loving the album since. (right next in line were Toxik, whom I like even more, and Voivod)
"We're all stealing and cheating
Work yourself 'til you bleed
This is the way of the dollar
No one is immune to the greed
Pray to God you get your share
No pot of gold it's not there - No oh! oh!"
I am not really a trash head, but this following album made a big impression on me. It was a bit of a controversial album because the band made some adventurous changes (more proggy and atmospheric perhaps?) and their new singer sounded quite different from his predecessor who sang on the iconic debut album and The Dark. These albums are also very cool but in a different way. The singer in question is Mike Howe, who recently returned!! The band is of course Metal Church! Did anyone hear the new album already (or a song)? I didn't but surely will have a listen soon.
The album I am talking about is Blessing in Disguise from 1989. An original work with mellow atmospherical guitar parts in the right places. There is variation on this album. I really dig that. Some songs are of lengthy, even epic proportions. Anthem to the Estranged clocks 9 and a half minutes.
Here the whole album. Listen to it in full. One song doesn't do it justice!
Haven't actually heard Blessing yet. I do, however, love their first two albums, but never ventured further. I like fused how they fused USPM and Thrash. It's an excellent sound.
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