ANTIDOTE - THE TRUTH
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
Finnish thrash metal in general is quite obscure and it's rare that it reaches further than the finnish borders. Stone was quite popular within the country of the thousand lakes but outside of Finland they were certainly an underground band.
If you dig a little deeper than that you'll come across bands like Faff-Bey, National Napalm Syndicate, A.R.G., Airdash and Antidote.
Thrash was quite popular in Finland back in the day and Antidote delivered some of the best and most technical thrash from the country. Antidote has certainly studied the Bay Area side of thrash because this has a lot in common with bands like Exodus, Testament and Metallica.
Antidote released three studio albums and this one if my favourite by far, I actually think that this is one of the better Scandinavian thrash albums of the 80's.
This is very technical thrash, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it progressive thrash metal. Technical thrash was common in Scandinavia and perfected by bands such as Mezzrow, Agony, Hexenhaus or Artillery. If you're into the early Bay Area crunch of a band like Testament I think you're going to like Antidote's The Truth.
These finnish guys knows how to handle their instruments well, no doubt about that. I especially like the guitar work and the vocals from Nino Laurenne.
But the band was doomed to obscurity simply because they released their debut album in 1992 when thrash was on it's way out. I do think you should give Antidote a chance especially if you already love the Bay Area crunch.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Shark Records Year: 1992 Country: Finland Duration: 47:19 Tracks: 9 Genre: Tech Thrash Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 4/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| Nino Laurenne - Vocals & Guitars Toumo Louhio - Guitars Pete Peltonen - Bass Mika Arnkil - Drums |
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