Alkoholizer – Drunk Or Dead…
Genres: Thrash
Label: Punishment 18 Records
I wonder if these guys like Tankard? Hmm…
Anyway, Alkoholizer bring on the booze soaked thrash in their debut album “Drunk Or Dead…”! Pulling influences from the likes of thrashmeisters such as Artillery, Tankard (yep) and Sodom, Alkoholizer present a sound that’s all together familiar (also fitting in extremely well with the current trend of old school sounding/retro thrash), yet full of an uncompromising energy that saturates every track! The vocals are at times a dead ringer for either Gerre or an Italian Tom Araya, making for a meaty treat for the ears right off the hook. The use of sound bytes is fairly sparse, but enough to slightly annoy since it detracts from zee thrash! But once you get into the riffing, there’s no going back! Aggressive as fuck and served in a giant bowl of pretzels, the guitar work in “Drunk Or Dead…” is metal thrashing mad! This album definitely ranks up in the top ten list of my favorite thrash albums of 2009!
Overall: “Drunk Or Dead…” is rippin’ Italian thrash that comes at you like a flaming eighty foot keg of one hundred proof, thrashoholic rage!
8.5/10
www.myspace.com/alkoholizer
www.punishment18records.com
Originally posted at E-MetalSpace