ACID REIGN - OBNOXIOUS
ENGLAND'S VERSION OF ANTHRAX.
Acid Reign hailed from England and this were their third release if we include their debut EP. Acid Reign are probably most known today for including Gary "Gaz" Jennings of doom metal legends Cathedral in their early lineup but he wasn't a member of Acid Reign on this release. The album Obnoxious was released in 1990 on the label Under one flag and it was the last thing heard from this band before they disbanded. So let's start with the horrendous or obnoxious album artwork. It's ugly and very, very pink. Terrible of course but since the album is titled Obnoxious I get the idea but things like this can turn off any thrash metal fan unfortunately.
On the plus side is Howard 'H' Smiths vocals, he sounds a bit Joey Belladonna of Anthrax so that is cool and as musicians Acid Reign are a competent band that borrow their ideas from the aforementioned Anthrax but you could also hear a bit of the 'Justice' era of Metallica.
You can certainly find more important releases in 1990 when the scene was starting to get crowded by bands similar to Acid Reign but they are still amongst the most respected British thrash bands out there together with Onslaught and Sabbat to name a few. The lyrics are mainly introspective and they deal with topics such as loneliness, despair and hatred. Acid Reign might have been one of the more popular thrash bands from the UK in the late eighties and early nineties so for that they are worth checking out and who doesn't like some crunchy Anthrax-inspired thrash? I certainly do.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Under One Flag Year: 1990 Country: England Duration: 44:33 Tracks: 7 Genre: Thrash Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 3/5 | ||||||||||||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |||||||||||||||
| H - Vocals Kev - Guitar Adam - Guitar Mac - Bass Mark Ramsey Wharton - Drums |
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