Funeral Rain Press Corps

Genre: Blackened Thrash
Label: Satanic Speed Records

Starting things of with a bang (or in actuality, a demonic belch) Omission sets the pace for Thrash Metal Is Violence with scorching blackened thrash from beginning to end. No mercy is shown for those who like a break to catch they breath! “Fuck you poser!” screams Omission as they collectively sodomize your wishes for respite with razor sharp thrash metal riffs and wicked screams of malevolent ministry!

“Combining evil and thrash has been done to death! How can something so blasé be so cool?” you ask. The answer is simple: Omission does what they do with a purity you can only really find in the granddaddies of this genre (or thrash in general). They have a drive for glory and lust for metal that is admirable to all. Don’t deny this fact, or you’ll be missing out BIG TIME!

Overall: What Omission brings to the table with Thrash Metal Is Violence is… well, violent blackened thrash metal in the vein of Sodom covering Venom with Destruction playing in the background. Only in this case, Sodom, Venom and Destruction aren’t needed to make this band relevant. Omission fucking owns!

9.5/10

Omission on MySpace

Genres: Speed , Thrash, Heavy Metal
Label: Self-Released

Terra Caput Mundi throws most conventional thought out the window with Warp Speed Warriors. Each track features a tale of mystery, intrigue, galactic travel, horrific slaughter and an abundance of Speeeeeeeeeeed! These thrash/speed mongers pick up riffs at light speed and advance to Ludicrous Speed without warning (or enough time to buckle up first).

Terra Caput Mundi is metal through and through. Warp Speed Warriors drills a hole in your skull with it’s Kreator meets Maiden guitar schemes and burrows deep into your grey matter with it’s rabid beats and vicious soloing.

Overall: If you dig old school speed metal, this album is for you! And since mind-bending stories reside within each of these songs, you‘ll be satisfying the sci-fi/D&D geek in you while simultaneously wrecking your neck! Pick up Warp Speed Warriors and give it an ear read! (Available at hobby stores and sweaty nerd comic shops across the country. Also, watch out for the comic adaptation of Warp Speed Warriors from EC Comics… in my dreams… damn…)

8.5/10

Terra Caput Mundi on MySpace

Genres: Hardcore, Hard Rock
Label: Self-Released

Give ‘Em Hell, eh? The tile alone conjures up images of big sweaty dudes (with bald or very short hair) with trendy tattoos on their crossed arms while posing for their band photo. And while that might be true in The L.R.A.’s case (I don‘t know for sure since I didn‘t check their MySpace page…), you can’t judge a book by it’s cover. So let’s read on…

Give ‘Em Hell is, at it’s heart an anthem album, with songs that say things like “Fuck you!” and “Fuck off!” and “I’m a maniac!” and so on, and so on. Sure the lyrics are pretty overdone, but somehow The L.R.A. manage to make some headway in the “Just Plain Fun” department. Sure they sound like Pantera-Breed with smidgens of Thin-Sabbath, so excuse me for have a good ol’ time with Give ’Em Hell.

Overall: The tough guy bravado gets a little old in this hard rock/heavy metal hybrid, but it’s an enjoyable experience all together. Again, it’s nothing you’ve never heard before but there’s a shit ton of potential that’s bubbling under the surface.

7/10

The LRA on MySpace