Infernal Thrashing Holocaust

As the title says, I was completely blown away with this debut of the Japanese thrash band Fastkill. The band name and the album name give off a general idea as to how this will sound; hyper speed, nonstop blasting thrash metal. To say this is fast is an understatement; think of Darkness Descends or Eternal Nightmare with intense riffing at the highest rate. Imagine Herman Li going thrash (I’m sure he’s not Japanese but whatever), these guys have taken the 80’s theme of raw thrash and utter chaos and brought it up to new ages as this was released in 2004.

Being a short debut, it is spent each passing second at the fastest rate possible with no stopping. 100% relentless thrash metal with mediocre production, but not terrible, it does its job as creating an old school sound but still having the guitars up in the front with its ridiculously fast riffing and solos mixed perfectly with the nonstop drumming. Another highlight I find to be interesting is the bass is so perfect in this album, solos everywhere, I haven’t heard a release where the bass was so prominent in such a long time. Bass rhythms here are awesome with complete madness everywhere, check out Feel The Hatred! The best part of Fastkill is probably the vocalist; this guy is a madman. He’s everywhere screaming, shrieking, and roaring at such a fast pace and high pitch is sounds like his head is going to literally burst with so much energy and power. This guy stands up there with Schmier of Destruction or John Kevill of Warbringer as being one of the most energetic and forceful singers in thrash metal, I’m just waiting for this guy’s vocal chords to just rip into shreds in the middle of singing.

The songs on here are very short but highly memorable, full of gang shouted choruses and awesome vocal performance as well as some of the fastest riffs and guitar solos. Bass solos rampant as well make for this to be definitely in the most fun thrash albums of the '00s, and probably the best thrash album from Japan. This is essential for fans of thrash in general as well as fans of raw, fast as fuck, thrash that is just plain chaotic and insane. Fastkill are to be recognized, don’t dismiss them because they’re Japanese, I was wary at first as well thinking they couldn’t pull it off but I was wrong. This is highly aggressive thrash metal that doesn’t relent, enjoy yourself before it ends!