AIRDASH - HOSPITAL HALLUCINATIONS TAKE ONE
CRUNCHY NORDIC THRASH
CRUNCHY NORDIC THRASH
The Finnish thrash quintet Airdash strikes back again. This is their second studio album and soundwise they have matured a bit since the last time. This is quite frenetic thrash that brings bands like Anthrax, Exodus, Defiance and Lääz Rockit to mind.
The vocals are quite monotonous and they bring down the general impression of the band. There are no aggressions behind Junnu's vocals, fortunately the backing vocals are a bit more resolute. The snare drum sounds a bit plastic but at least the production is clear and things are audible. In my point of view Airdash were a third or fourth tier thrash band. Quite technical and probably worshipping bands like Metallica and Testament but not quite as good songwriters as those bands.
Hospital hallucinations take one was released in 1989 and if you are seriously into thrash, your collection wouldn't be complete without Finnish bands such as Stone and Airdash. But for those of you who discovered thrash metal recently can hopefully find better bands and albums out there. But a song like "Forbidden thoughts" is good enough to investigate this album. the last songs on this album saves the album for me.
There's a lot of crunchy Bay Area sounding riffs on this record that brings it up to a three axes out of five. This album is probably quite hard to find so if you see it and like Bay Area sounding thrash, then why not give it a change.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Diablo Year: 1989 Country: Finland Duration: 44:43 Tracks: 8 Genre: Thrash Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 3/5 | |||||||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||||||
| Junnu - Vocals Roope - Guitar Nirri - Guitar Kirka - Bass Yka - Drums |
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