ATROPHY - VIOLENT BY NATURE
PUPPIES AND FRIENDS.
I can't decide which one of the Atrophy-albums I love the most. They are both wonderful and crunchy thrash albums in the Bay Area tradition without being from the Bay Area. This follow-up was released in 1990 by Roadracer records with the same lineup of musicians as on the previous one.
This album is more or less identical in the sound to their first album, maybe a little less frenetic though. Atrophy delivers crude and old school sounding thrash in your typical late 80's fashion. Lots of crunchy riffs and an overall focus on the instrumentation more so than the vocals. Brian Zimmerman is on the rougher side, think Schmier of Destruction but without the German accent. The music is more in the Exodus style with crunchy riffs and shouted backing vocals.
It's hard to name my favourite track here but "Violent by Nature" & "Too late to Change" are solid thrasherss with strong "sing-along-chorus". This is one of the better thrash albums coming out of the United States in 1990. I might need to add that these guys were from Arizona, which wasn't exactly the thrash capital of the United States but still they managed to make a mark on the underground. Atrophy said it best themselves, they might be forgotten but they are not gone!
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Roadracer Records Year: 1990 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 41:33 Tracks: 9 Genre: Thrash Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 4/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| Brian Zimmerman - Vocals Rick Skowron - Guitars Chris Lykins - Guitars James Gulotta - Bass Tim Kelly - Drums |
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