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Sea blue vinyl

Fancy some more shit-hot thrash metal? Excellent. Gama Bomb were always one of the most consistent and ferocious new wave thrash metal bands to emerge during the noughties, and the Irishmen’s psychotic levels of exuberance and dorky humor ensured that they stayed true to one of the genre’s great traditions: fun. And even in 2020, a year that has seen a noticeable surge of top-notch thrash releases, Sea Savage immediately stands out, if only because it’s stupidly, remorselessly entertaining. It’s like your grandmother always told you, you don’t know you need a song about judo until it finally arrives. Judo Killer says it all in three-and-a-half breathless minutes. The thrash wave that spawned them may have slowed to a trickle a long time ago, but Gama Bomb are still plugged directly into the Paul Baloff mainframe. Much like their US counterparts in Municipal Waste, Gama Bomb play super hard and fast, almost always with melody at the forefront but never less than crushing. Throw in the deluge of geeky cultural nods, swivel-eyed in-jokes and often laugh-out-loud wordplay, and it’s like the last 30 years didn’t happen and it’s Beer Pong season all over again, albeit with a vicious, punchy production that simply wasn’t possible for Tankard in 1987. Sea Savage is a timely reminder that if you need thrash, Gama Bomb have got plenty of the good stuff. You never know, they might even cheer us all up a bit. Mosh!

Track list:
1. Judo Killer
2. Sea Savage
3. Miami Supercops
4. She’s Not My Mother, Todd
5. Ironblood
6. Lords of the Hellfire Club
7. Sheer Khan
8. Rusty Jaw
9. Monsterizer
10. Ready, Steady, Goat
11. Electric Pentacle
12. Gone Haywire