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    Heaven's Metal #41/Crimson Thorn
    Crimson Thorn — Plagued cover

    Crimson Thorn

    Plagued

    (1992)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Grind RecordsHeaven's Metal #41May/June 1993
    death metallo-fispeed metalthrash metal

    This is one heavy tape of tunes (7 in all) that rates as competent speed metal. "Misrepresented Representation" is not as redundant musically as the title sounds. In fact, the riff here is top notch, giving way to some very fluid leads atop a melodic picking rhythm. Crunch is the main theme here in this song--as well as on the entire full-length of this tape. The authority of the vocal delivery matches the authority of this power thrash music; and the lyrics are strong as well: "Cleanliness, is drawn within/Blood purifying us from sin/Die to the flesh, everyday/For death of the flesh is the only way/Arise/You must die/Are you dead yet?" ("Corruption of The Flesh") This is a hefty collection that is worthy of attention.

    Other coverage for this album

    Heaven's Metal #37Reviewed by Doug Van PeltThis three-song tape features some heavy thrash with plenty of distortion and crunch, but feature vocals of death--which some folks may or may not like--somewhere in between Kurt Bachman and Lemmy of Motorhead. The guitars have a way of stealing the show here, though. The rhythms are pretty tight and solid, and then the leads are pretty tasty wah-wah or ditty-ditty-ditty diversions. Many of the…

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