Havok - Point of No Return (EP)

Moshers get your dirty, old concert shirts on, grit your teeth, and GET IN THE PIT!It's no secret I'm a thrash guy through and through. I love that balls out driving backbeat with its double bass drums rattling behind a thundering bass that sounds like a battalion of riders bursting from of the mouth of hell. It's metal at its rawest and most pure; angry, defiant, loud, with an energy that's barely contained.

Denver, Colorado's Havok may cause you to think they're another band doing that retro thing that's en vogue, but their music exudes an earnestness you can't deny. These guys are metal as fuck. And old school thrash fans should enjoy every bit of Havok's sound on their Point of No Return EP which gives a glimpse of things to come from this eager and brutal outfit from the mile high city.

And to think that I'm basing this on only two actual original songs from this 4 song EP; the latter two tracks are great covers of Sepultura's Arise and a melody of Slayer's Post Mortem and Raining Blood. But such is the apparent power of this band. Reece Scruggs and David Sanchez handle the guitar duties with ease, laying a nice crunchy topping over the solid backbeat of Jesse De Los Santos and Pete Webber's bass and drums, respectively. It's like a sonic, inside-out Snicker's bar. Wow, that's like the worst metaphor ever. I WIN (you lose)!

The Bottom Line: Thrash fans have a great new band to give them the call to the pit. So, throw on your boots, bang your head, and FUCKING MOSH!

Tracks to Make You Stage Dive Off Your Bed/Desk: All of them

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