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3rd have their roots in the thrash
metal band, Delirio, and not surprisingly
what they deliver since late nineties,
is thrash metal. Thrash metal, not
in the vein we all have in our mind
(let's say it old-school),
but modern thrash metal, in the way
it was conceived and elaborated in
mid nineties. This means that in
that obscure and cloudy period for
metal, the field was clear for new
generation thrash metal bands, such
as Machine Head or the (then) new-shape
Sepultura. It is clear that these
bands strove to keep some people
interested in metal (falsely or righteously
it's your judgment), but more
prominently they gave birth to a
new generation of bands that torture
our ears and our aesthetics. Let's get back to 3RD's
debut album. In a nutshell "D
Day" is an interesting release,
but I doubt if there are people out
there hanging for this sound. If
yes, they will find their compact
thrash metal very appealing, with
all these down-tuned guitars and
aggressive drums. Similarly the vocals
are typical, but convincing. Solid
performances can be found in "Vanishing
Life", "D Day" and "Unable",
with the late two tracks being also
in visual form (not bad at all).
Nice cover, silly "motos" in
the inlay and a good production wraps
up the final product. These guys
are indeed thrash metal literate
and they prove it easily. It's
one of the cases that contemporary
gets obsolete, but at the same time
it's one of the cases that
obsolete remains interesting. |
