Eight bands, mostly murky sound, mostly thrash stuff. Standouts for me were the spastic psychotic thrash of BRAIN DEATH and DISACCORD, who spreads thick swirls of distorted guitar on an early-DISCHARGE base.
With this 24-song tape, VORTEX seems to be coming from BUTTOCKS-y “roots”, but has speedmetal tendencies: frenzied guitar outbursts pop up for no apparent reason, then just as suddenly disappear, and many songs have intricate slow introductions. Not bad.
A generous 12-song tape. Wild stuff: screams and laughs, tempo changes everywhere. Neither straightforward singing nor your basic screaming; the singer runs amok and the band chases after. Good sound, loud guitars.
