El Diablo Negro

El Diablo Negro was the first pulse from Hirax since the 80's. Well Hirax is back and thank god! This EP is actually a pretty good album. The production is really on the raw side, but for thrash metal that is not always such a negative thing. Since there are only three songs I will give my opinion on all three songs.
This album starts off with the song I See Blood Red and actually Katon yells those words right at the beginning of the song. This song is a very crossover type sounding song. Its thrash but you can really tell that it has punk to it as well. Hirax has always bordered the lines of crossover and thrash. The song is about a minute long but it’s a very excellent song.
Slit Your Wrist (Anti-Suicide) is another thrash song kind of bordering crossover. Not as much as the song I See Blood Red though. It is a decent song but not so memorable to me as the first and last song on this album.
The last song on this album is El Diablo Negro the title track of the EP. This song has a great drum beat to it. It will get you stomping your feat and banging your head in no time. The bass is featured a couple times in this song with a very sweet sounding riff. This song was actually rerecorded and put on there 2004 release "The New Age of Terror".
Since you can get the song El Diablo Negro on their new album it pretty much leaves this EP down to two songs, unless you are a collector. I think it is totally worth getting because you get the song I See Blood Red. Also if you get the vinyl version it’s a picture disc and looks neat hanging on the wall!!!