Email this postThrash is in the blood
For those of you who do not like thrash metal (you know the stuff Metallica played before the Ride The Lightening CD, like “Master of Puppets”, “Thing That Should Not Be”, “Damage, Inc”, “Through The Never”, before they became so commercial and “pop”), please ignore this post… unless you want to try something new in which I ask you to try early Megadeth first.
I want to introduce you to two bands….
The first is Binky, a four woman post-industrial thrash metal, old school punk band. You are probably asking yourself, female thrash? Remember L7 (yes they still exists just on indefinite hiatus, and yes, I am a fan from waaaaay back, like in 1988)? Okay, L7 is not a real good example.
Back to Binky. How can you go wrong with that name. Now it is a bit surprising to have a trumpet in metal music, but it works. And the vocals, let’s just say it would have made James Hetfield jealous back in the old days. Screaming rough vocals, screeching guitars, hard thumping percussions… it is all there. They are a bit tamer than Motorhead, but then who isn’t. If you want to bleed from the ears and the eyes, bang you head until you are unconscious, and enjoy it, then give Binky a try.
You can buy their latest CD Bloodbath & Beyond here.
The second band is actually the first band of the lead singer in Binky, Windy Wild. The band is called Axis of Evil, though it seems to have disbanded after compiling an demo in 2002. You can sample the five song demo on their site.
The music is more industrial metal than thrash, though the screaming vocals found in Binky, since Windy is the main vocalist in both groups, are evident here. There is a bit more angst and raw emotion than in the Binky album and it sounds a bit more refined. If members plan any future corroborations, I am sure the mature talent would make the CD a sure win in the hard metal crowd.
And you thought I only listened to pop tunes.
