Never straying too far from 80's Bay Area Thrash Metal's chaotically noisy formula, but definitely in no shortage of riff-heavy head-bangers roller-coasting through innumerable, if somewhat predictably patterned changes of speed, TEARABYTE's 1998 debut US release (finally getting european distribution after nine years) still plays like a blatant homage to the diabolus in musica that irreparably infected MTV's triumphant first decade with the massive roar of that passionately violent tribe of metal-heads. Of course what was A Lesson In Violence back in the day, was already out of fashion by the time Doom Generation first came out, and could easily end up having been reduced to a colorless lesson in history by now, but, with the Californians' charmingly frenetic over-playing set against a fittingly muddy mix and occasionally accompanied by misogynous jokes as unapologetically gross as Screaming Pig Fucker Of Hell's inclusion of sampled, real…pig-squealing, this rarely sounds less than a fun-hunt from the heart.
Tracklist:
Dark One Doom Generation Straight Out Of Hell Ghastly Friend Never Find Trust Feeding Frenzy Screaming Pig Fucker From Hell Product Of My Past Shut Up Bitch Storm Of Hate Final Straw
Lineup:
Al Mead - Vocals, Bass Dave Bolch - Guitars Paul Schlager - Drums