D.R.I. “Thrash Zone” /CD/

The first re-release of the fourth full-length studio album by legendary American Hardcore Punk/Thrash Metal/Crossover band.
D.R.I.'s most successful album, which continues the Thrash Metal style of the previous album, "4 Of A Kind". "Thrash Zone" is pretty much straightforward Metal, with little of the band's Hardcore Punk roots in its unapologetically slick sound. "Thrash Zone" is an immense improvement over its immediate predecessor. Kurt Brecht's yowling vocals and forgettable lyrics are largely downplayed in favour of showing off the band's best assets: Spike Cassidy's efficient Punk Metal guitar lines and the whiplash dynamics of bassist John Menor and drummer Felix Griffin, who handle the dips into slow, thudding mosh sections and curves into triple-speed overdrive with relative ease.
The album produced the song "Beneath the Wheel", which was made as a music video and received airplay on MTV. The song was also featured in the video game "Skate 2". The album also contained the song "Abduction", which would also have a video made for it.
Hardcore's late-'80s swerve into Metal is still basically a lousy idea (one that most bands quickly abandoned after "Nevermind" hit the charts and Metal was suddenly very much out of fashion again), but "Thrash Zone" is a better than average example of the form!
Metal Blade Records, 1989/1995 (3984-17002-2). Made in Germany. Repress.


Tracklist:
1. Thrashard 3:40
2. Beneath The Wheel 5:36
3. Enemy Within 2:43
4. Strategy 4:19
5. Labeled Uncurable 3:03
6. You Say I'm Scum 1:54
7. Gun Control 4:58
8. Kill The Words 4:43
9. Drown You Out 2:30
10. The Trade 4:28
11. Standing In Line 1:34
12. Give A Hoot 3:55
13. Worker Bee 0:56
14. Abduction 4:03
Total playing time: 48:22 min.



Samples: https://dirtyrottenimbeciles.bandcamp.com