EP Review: Thrash Bandicoot - Milwaukee Cannibal (2020)
My first thoughts on Thrash Bandicoot's first EP "Milwaukee Cannibal" are: Oh boy, when's the last time I have played a Crash Bandicoot game? That name though, guess they're playing Thrash Metal , and Oh, another Dahmer-themed release? But enough for the prejudiced thoughts. The Wollongong-based quartet debuts with their five-track EP "Milwaukee Cannibal", a brutally grooving 25 minutes of highspeed Thrash and Death Metal . Heavy riffing grabs you by the guts while the brachial drums repeatedly punch you in the face and singer Daniel screams the crap out of you. This is just gorgeous. The attribute Thrash cannot be defined clearer as Thrash Bandicoot do. What Thrash Bandicoot deliver on their EP "Milwaukee Cannibal" might be Groove and Thrash Metal in its most honest form - the music is fast, loud, brutal, and mows everything down without any compromise. This may not be the reinvention of the thrashing metallic wheel, but neither ...