Cryonics-E=MCthrash

2008
Self-produced demo



One glance at the cover of plus the title had me persuaded that I needed to hear it. These guys hail may from Murrieta, California, but they sound much more like East Coast thrash bands from about 20 years ago. I hear some Anthrax, Nuclear Assault and some M.O.D. particularly in the vocal style. I do not know if it was momentum or saving their best for last, but their five song demo gets better as they go along. "Plunge to comatose", "Embrace the Evel" and "Toxic Avenger" are all simple, but tight forays of thrash. They have a sense of humor and that comes across instantly On the fourth song "Paranormal Infestation" they stretch out more change up the tempo more. It's also heavier than the three previous tracks and I was pleased to hear that. They wrap up the disc with the title track which is the longest and easily the best track on the album. The band dig into this song and have the pace changes, aggression and timing all working to their favor on this track. So the positives about this demo is that they are fairly tight, the vocals and some of their influences are different from many of the other retro-thrash acts plus they have a lot of energy and a fine sense of humor. That is a very strong foundation that they have to build on. The problems are the production and some lack of creativity. The sound is okay for a demo, but the guitar is way to far behind the drums and the vocals. I had to adjust the settings on my stereo to hear it like I wanted to. The other problem was that although decent the first three songs could have used more variation. I liked them, but if this had just included those three tracks then I would have passed them off as just another alright thrash band. However the final two tracks show much more promise and the result is that Cryonic shows some real potential and they have a few things they need to work on.


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