Technical Thrash Metal. Loved it in the late eighties when bands like Toxik, Watchtower, Hades and Annihilator released some of the best albums in thrash. Now end 2025 these two bands create a sort of revival.
Coroner - Dissonance Theory
Coroner is one of those many bands whom I missed when they originally came up. I did not have their albums, nor anyone near me. No internet meant missing out. I even saw them live, but that was when they opened for Watchtower who came touring one of the best albums ever released Control and Resistence. So I was more anxious on what was to come, than paying attention. In hindsight a mistake as Coroner play very close to my prefered styles. In 2016 I first dove into the band when I bought their DVD with live shows, a documentary and a CD. Dissonance Theory is their first studio album in 32 years and to start with the best it is the comeback of the year, even if not for me as I was not in the know in the early nineties. This album holds 8 songs plus an instrumental intro and outro. It is impossible to name one favourite song, as they are all very good. If you like a clear produced thrash album, filled with hooks, riffs and solos of the catchy kind than get this album. I bought the CD version which holds as a bonus their 1986 demo with Tom G Warrior on vocals. A must hear album to all into thrash and prog as well.
Species - Changelings
When you say Poland and metal first thoughts go out to atmospheric progmetal of Riverside or extreme metal by bands like Behemoth or Vader. Now Poland also gives us a highflyer in the technical thrash metal genre: Species. Formed in 2018 and releasing a debut album in 2022 which I missed, Changelings is their second full lenght. Seven songs with all those treats you like in tech metal. Fast rolling riffs, breaks, solos and a dominant bass come to the fore, while they keep their thrashing up. Dressed in Hawaiian shirts this trio knows how to keep my attention spanned. Seven songs and just over 40 minutes is the perfect lenght for an album like this with so much happening. Would be nice to see them coming to The Netherlands in 2026.
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