Znowhite-All hail to thee/Kick ‘em when they’re down/Live suicide
Znowhite-All hail to thee/Kick ‘em when they’re down/Live suicide
Metal Mind
2007
The good people at Metal Mind have outdone themselves this time. We get Znowhite’s second lp plus a studio ep and a live ep all on one disc. That’s 18 songs plus a thick booklet. Znowhite were a Chicago based, female fronted band that played a rather basic, but energetic early style of speed metal. The faster songs remind me a lot of Exciter while the mid-paced tracks sound more like maybe Accept to some extent. The vocals took me a little time to get used to, but by about the fourth track I was enjoying them. Znowhite had a reputation for being rather consistent, but they never became much bigger popularity wise than they were around say 1985-86. Despite the fact that they played for several years past that. I think this might be due to the fact that they played a style that became somewhat obsolete after “Reign in blood” and “Master of puppets” changed the genre forever. Yet this material holds up fairly well to my ears and I found myself listening to it several times the first few days I owned it. They may not have been as aggressive as some of their peers, but they played a rather bare-bones, likeable style of speed metal. They easily managed to create songs that were memorable and didn’t overstay their welcome. This disc is certainly worth checking out.
Metal Mind
2007
The good people at Metal Mind have outdone themselves this time. We get Znowhite’s second lp plus a studio ep and a live ep all on one disc. That’s 18 songs plus a thick booklet. Znowhite were a Chicago based, female fronted band that played a rather basic, but energetic early style of speed metal. The faster songs remind me a lot of Exciter while the mid-paced tracks sound more like maybe Accept to some extent. The vocals took me a little time to get used to, but by about the fourth track I was enjoying them. Znowhite had a reputation for being rather consistent, but they never became much bigger popularity wise than they were around say 1985-86. Despite the fact that they played for several years past that. I think this might be due to the fact that they played a style that became somewhat obsolete after “Reign in blood” and “Master of puppets” changed the genre forever. Yet this material holds up fairly well to my ears and I found myself listening to it several times the first few days I owned it. They may not have been as aggressive as some of their peers, but they played a rather bare-bones, likeable style of speed metal. They easily managed to create songs that were memorable and didn’t overstay their welcome. This disc is certainly worth checking out.
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