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Thrashback Thursday: Sepultura's "Escape To The Void"
Band Photo: Sepultura (?)
Growing up listening to the "big 4" of thrash, Sepultura was another step toward the extreme for me.
"Beneath The Remains" had an early death metal feel, while "Arise" was thrashy and full of speed, but did not necessarily have all the qualities of what one would call thrash.
Having passed over "Schizophrenia" (1987) for decades due to its poor production, I finally picked up a remaster of the album and was amazed at the gems found on it. Many of the songs are flat out thrashy ("To The Wall," "Rest In Pain"), but "Escape To The Void" sticks to the old school thrash formula the best.
If you're a thrash fan, but a bit picky about production quality, and passed over "Schizophrenia" like I had, it's time to remedy that. At least give this song a listen:
A self-described "metal geek," Doug Gibson has been listening to heavy metal for more than twenty five years and designed and coded Metal Underground.com from scratch over ten years ago.
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1. Drum_Junkie writes:
Awesome! I haven't listened to this in ages. I still have it on cassette (yes kiddo's, 80's answer to 70's 8-tracks).
I've always wondered how they got the toms to sound like that.
Gotta go to u-tube and reminisce.