Good thrash metal is like a really decent super strength lager, one minute you have a taste and the next you are delving into the darkness of life savouring every slurp. Welcome SSS (Short Sharp Shock) from Liverpool UK, a newish band who got their shit together last summer and have recently toured with Walk The Plank.
Their raging sound is influenced by classic 80’s thrash artists such as S.O.D, Nuclear Assault, DRI, and Megadeth which is no bad thing, these influences cunjure up a scene that has never fully disappeared in the UK underground and is still active around you.
Check out the track CDC on this page that is lifted from the self titled 7″ with 3 other tracks out on Dead and Gone Records, it will take up just 1 minute of your measly life and is more powerful than your favourite porno site. Eat it.
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Moorish Delta 7 are back with a new album, Life In The City, which is due to be released on July 24th. With an EP and video also in the offing, it looks like it’s an exciting time for the group.
French Disconnection are hitting Kilburn with a new event – The Summer Collection, after the huge success of the sold out Spring Collection. This time round, you’ll be able to see Bertrand Burgalat and The Konki Duet, have DJ Oof on the decks and Piney Gir curating the night.
Brother Ali and Slug were back to these shores after only a few months away and came back stronger and better than ever. Last time they came over, Slug had a live band creating his backdrop and Ali had his DJ BK-One on the decks, but this time they both had the same DJ – The one and only Ant! Ant is the beat maker for Atmosphere and does many of the beats for Brother Ali and so, for the first time in the UK it was actually Atmosphere that played [as opposed to Slug appearing as Atmosphere].
The lights went down, the spotlight beamed down on Slug and he took the hyped crowd down to The Woman With The Tattooed Hands, which didn’t stop the energy and was arguably the loudest sung track of the night by the crowd, but it just showed that he can mix it up, bangers and ballads, and still have the crowd in the palm of his hand.
Betrayal and break ups – countless bands have covered the topic before, Blink have done it with wisecracks and piss takes, but Tom DeLonge’s take on the topic with Angels and Airwaves is the other end of that spectrum. Following up their debut single ‘The Adventure’, “It Hurts”is an interesting choice for second single.