Not Dead Yet / Paranormal

One of the best Canadian thrash albums EVER! Second only to the mighty "Forward to Termination", this is riff madness at its best. Both the 1990 and 1988 demos here by Slaughter are an example of what could have been, if only they had managed to record an album instead of spending all their time being mistaken for a shitty glam band from LA.

Monster fucking riffs to be had here. Stuff like "Not Dead Yet", "The Dark", "Time Warp" each own you in their own little way. The riff style is very similar to that of Sacrifice, with a bit of Slayer influence thrown in. Little of the older death-metal influence of Surrender or Die or Strappado is to be found here, this is all out death by thrash riffs!!!

Best song: "Galactic Dynamics", with a nice massive thrash break in the middle. One of those "excuse me, could I have your attention for a minute, I'm going to RIP YOUR FUCKING SPINE OUT AND SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT" type breaks. Thank you, that is all.

The four live tracks from 1988 are mostly the older style, but they do include Incinerator, which is a pure thrash number. Nice solid album to be had here, hugely underrated.