Tiny Chalice of Thrash
It’s pretty
funny, but I found this item between pop and rock ‘masterpieces’ in one of the
biggest shop in Poznan during my studies. Now it is not important who put it
there, the most important is that “Raw Evil: Live at the Dynamo” joined my
Forbidden tape collection, however this title is very special: it is the only
original one and the only one which survived these all years of listening to. What
is more, it still looks and sounds (!) perfect. The title saw the light of the
day after the European tour of the band, just after releasing skull crushing
debut album “Forbidden Evil”. The similar thing as compared to Testament and
their live tracks recorded in Eindhoven in 1987. Here I deal with four song
tape Ep that clocks in 26 minutes and shows top form of the band, although the
first song is pretty strange to me: “Victim of Changes” by Judas Priest. This
song coming from “Sad Wings of Destiny” is a good stuff on the end, but as the
opener? No, it doesn’t convince me! Fortunately Forbidden’s interpretation is really
brilliant, the song got another better life. I have to mention great vocal
lines of Russ Anderson too, he shows enormous talent…
…but at the
end of this song he shouts “…see you next time!”. Mind you, it’s a first song
here. What is more, there is no continuity, as the songs are divided by
man-made tunes of silence. All seems to be haphazard. For all that, this tape
is truly valuable, still we cannot find any full-length live recording in
band’s discography, so… better a bare foot that none. Anyway, beside the cover
song, these five Americans serve absolutely three splendid thrash killers: “Forbidden
Evil”, “Chalice of Blood” and “Through Eyes of Glass” unleash its slashing
power without any mercy. And to sum this short unique tape up: pure devastating
thrash that I still listen to it with delight. No more is needed.
And only
one thing is unpleasant: the band, after releasing “Omega Wave” album, is on
hold… Again.
75/100
-Tlacaxipehualiztli
(written on June, 2014)
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