ANACRUSIS - SUFFERING HOUR
NO SUFFERING HERE.
St. Louis based thrashers Anacrusis started their journey with the great Suffering Hour, released on Axis Records in 1988. It's a very intense album, soundwise it has similarities with Bay Area thrashers Testament. Technical gritty thrash with strokes of technical brilliance. Main man Kenn Nardi who handles the guitar and sings has a very tortured shrieking vocalstyle. I love the vocals on this record and how intense the music is.
The album is a bit underproduced, but it ain't terrible. Later Anacrusis would develop their progressive side but this is mostly a ferocious and straightforward thrash metal album.
Suffering Hour is simply great. Above-average and for the most part, melodic at time with great menacing guitar riffs. The drumming is excellent and the lead guitar work is stellar, these guys were great musicians, there's no denying that. Suffering Hour could be a name for listening to an hour of progressive thrash for some but there's no suffering here because this is a great debut album and definitely worth checking out if youre a fan of violent and technical 80's thrash.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Axis Records Year: 1988 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 47:10 Tracks: 10 Genre: Progressive Thrash Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 4/5 | |||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||
| Kenn Nardi - Vocals & Guitar Kevin Heidbreder - Guitar John Emery - Bass Mike Owen - Drums |
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