Thursday, January 24, 2013

Bitter End/Have A Nice Death/Metal On Metal Records/2011 CD Review


  Bitter  End  are  a  band  from  Seattle,  Washington  that  plays  a  very  technical  form  of  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  compilation  "Have  A  Nice  Death"  which  has  an  unreleased  album  from 1992  album  as  well  as  some  live  and  demo  tracks  which  was  released  by  Metal On  Metal  Records  during  the  year  of  2011.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  no  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  technical  thrash  metal  riffs  that  are  heavily  influenced  by  the  NWOBHM,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  melodic  sounding  old  school  metal/thrash/speed  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when t hey  are  utilized  briefly  they  use  finger  picking  to  give  the  music  a  classic  rock  feeling.

  Vocals  are  all  clean  singing  style  thrash  metal  vocals  that  have  a  power  metal  feeling  to  them  at  times  as  well  as  a  brief  spoken  word  part,  while  the  lyrics  cover  philosophical  and  political  themes,  as  for  the  production  it h as  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  for  the  time  it  was  released  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on t his  recording  but  out  of  date  by  today's  standard's  along  with  some  demo  and  live  tracks.

  In  my  opinion  Bitter  End  are  a  very  great  sounding  technical  thrash  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Tiny  Minds"  "No  Law"  "Tunnel  Vision"  and  "Meet  Your  Maker".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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