SUFFERING HOUR

The first album from Anacrusis follows a familiar hardcore crossover thrash metal pattern. Familiar that is for those of us who were around at that time when Anacrusis released this album and had a brief taste of fame.

The thin vocals and the guitar riffs says it all, really. This is pretty standard thrash metal and it is not even good. Then again, very few thrash metal albums from that era were good. I get some associations to Slayer's Reign In Blood, but also a lot of associations and bad memories from countless thrash metal albums still in my record collection (packed away well out of view).

This album does not move me at all. The sound is pretty bad too, although not horrible and this album has a distinct lack of good songs too. Avoid.

2 stars