While bands from the 80s do not have an amazing track record releasing albums in the 21st century, Blood Feast return with their brand-new record ‘Infinite Evolution’. This record was released by the notorious Hells Headbangers, the same record label that put out their 2018 EP ‘Chopped, Sliced and Diced’ which also has an available review on VM Underground!
Since ‘Chopped, Sliced and Diced’, Blood Feast have gained a new bassist with Dave Kramer and a more notable lineup change came when founding member and long time guitarist, Adam Tranquilli , replaced Chris Natalini as lead vocalist of the band. Yet besides the lineup changes, all seems to be business as usual for this gang of Thrash Metal tyrants as they blaze through a new record.
The record starts with an instrumental track, ‘Crafting Carnage’ before immediately kicking into ‘Ravaging the Loins of Mary’, a blazingly ferocious opening track. Suddenly we are greeted by a chaotic yet precise guitar solo before Blood Feast introduce us to Tranquilli’s first recorded attempt at doing lead vocals for the band. The vocals are not as punishing as you would expect them to be. Yet with some Steve Zetro undertones, Tranquilli goes on to deliver a vocal style that suits the sound of the record and grew on me as the album went on.
The rest of the record follows this same formula of punishing Thrash Metal with some stand out tracks being ‘Outbreak’ and ‘Never Will I Die’. They stand out to me due to their immediate jump to aggression which I think Blood Feast are best at. These tracks are very reminiscent of early Exodus and Kreator.
This record is no ‘Kill for Pleasure’ yet how could it be almost forty years onwards! Saying that, I do believe this is one of the better records released by 80s Thrash Metal bands in the past couple of years, proving a good listen for all Blood Feast fans old and new.
