Ok so we have another spotlight and this week it is a newer band from Europe, Susperia. Susperia was formed by some black metal bands like Dimmur Borgi, but after their debut the black metal influences pretty much disappeared. Susperia plays a modern thrash style of music. They are almost always compared to later day Testament...and with good reason. The vocals for one are almost identical to Chuck Billy at times. And musically, you're looking at heavy riffs, solid drumming, and solos that would make any old school metal fan bang their head.
On Vindication, their 2nd album, there was a noticeable shift in the style of music. There was a more modern thrash sound than a black metal sound. If anyone tries to call modern day Susperia black metal...they are flat out wrong. Unlimited, for me, is their best album. I remember hearing it for the first time thinking that this is classic bay area thrash with a modern twist. At times it was Testament, but it wasn't a flat out copy cat job. Chemistry's opening guitar playing was awesome. The drums in Home Sweet Hell are still my favorite. Then are Years of Infinity there is some Halford-esq singing. A classic. They released an EP, Devil May Care with one new song and some covers. Venting the Anger was both brutal and melodic at the same time. It was probably the most melodic song they had done, but it worked...didn't seem forced at all. One of the covers, The Sun Always Shines on TV (by A-HA), was perfect as well.
Their latest, Carved from Stone, is alot like Unlimited and the EP combined. Classic songs with more melody and some great choruses. I don't think it is better than Unlimited, but that's like saying Ride the Lighting isn't better than Master of Puppets. Both are great albums, but I prefer one over the other. The first time I heard More and Brother...I was blown away by the aggression. It wasn't til later that I realized other classics like The Clone or Release.
Once again if you are a fan of thrash metal...this is your band.
Playlist for the week
Monday: Home Sweet Hell, Years of Infinity from Unlimited
Tuesday: Chemistry, Untouched from Unlimited
Wednesday: Mind Apart, Beast by Design from Unlimited
Thursday: The Clone, Release, Life Deprived from Carved from Stone
Friday: More, Brother from Carved from Stone and Venting the Anger from Devil May Care EP
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