Formed in 2013 Melbourne based Atomic Death Squad specialise in old school Cross Over Thrash Metal. Wearing their influences on their sleeves these guys worship at the shrines of D.R.I, Nuclear Assault and Cryptic Slaughter and they do it in a good way.
These guys power through this 9 track E.P. The songs are short, fast a raw with a ton of tongue in cheek humor, pretty much everything you want from crossover.
The drumming is super fast, the guitar tones are incredibly and front man Kevin Thrash’s voice is shrill and raw somewhere between the Cro-Mags, D.R.I. And original Exodus front man Paul Baloff
Plenty of movie samples are strewn amongst the music and the band even pays tribute to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin on the song “Cause Stone Cold Said So”. Other highlights on the album include “I Don’t Need You”, “Crossover Thrash Attack” and “Cut Sick!”. To top things of they even throw a old school Sepultura cover in on the end
This album is a solid chuck of old school cross over that at the same time doesn’t feel like its played out just being retro for the sake of retro. These guys are truly fans of the genre and exemplify what makes the genre great.
This album is E.P. Is fast, aggressive and most of all it is fun. A must for old school thrash fans and cross over punk fans
ATOMICE DEATH SQUAD E.P. Is available now for free to download via the links bellow
