Who else apart from Zykloned has downloaded Let There Be Blood, the re-recordings of Bonded By Blood?

On first listening, I'm hardly surprised by how gant it is. The production is quite similar to Another Lesson In Violence (hurrah!), except with a worse guitar tone and so much bass that you'll have to fanny about with your equalizer to be able to to make anything out. The drum sound isn't great either.

I actually think Rob Dukes does a fairly good job on the vocals. He seems to find a happy medium between Baloff and latter-day Zetro: he sings as aggressively as Baloff and Zetro but has the timing down way better than Baloff. The solos are generally piss-poor too - not that they were brilliant on the original, but I guess that's besides the point - but a lot of them bear little semblance to the originals. This wouldn't be that big a deal but I would actually say they aren't played as well as they were 24 years ago. Then you just get totally fucked-up (not in a good way) shit like Heathen-esque harmonies on A Lesson In Violence.

In terms of how the songs are played they've pretty much used the archetypal formula for a Thrash re-recording, i.e. slower than the original and with 'new and improved' backing vocals. The only thing that had me almost coughing up blood was the second half of And Then There Were None which has been slowed down markedly so it's got more of a 'groove' to it.

In other words, 'Shit Sandwich'.

I'd actually planned on avoiding this anyway. Their performance at Wacken was enough to make me want to steer clear altogether until they sort themselves out.

Unless Baloff rejoins, I'm not feelin' it!

Just don't tell him about Santa!

I intend to avoid this. I'm never keen on thrash re-recordings as they're never up there with the originals anyway so whats the fucking point!? The original is enough for me, I hate these bands attempts to appeal to 'the kids' all the time. I'm not an oldie (I'm 21 if you really need to know) but I was able to get into the original and if these 'kids' can't take Bonded by Blood, Sentence of Death or In the Sign of Evil then maybe you're not in the right genre. Maybe I'll listen to this to compare to the originals as I should really reserve judgement for when I hear these things, I just don't see the point.

I dunno, I just don't like this whole 're-recording' business where all the songs are cleaned up and with added groove, sounds like they're trying to make it too nice and when was thrash ever meant to be 'nice'?

Nekrokunt_Usurper wrote:I intend to avoid this. I'm never keen on thrash re-recordings as they're never up there with the originals anyway so whats the fucking point!? The original is enough for me, I hate these bands attempts to appeal to 'the kids' all the time. I'm not an oldie (I'm 21 if you really need to know) but I was able to get into the original and if these 'kids' can't take Bonded by Blood, Sentence of Death or In the Sign of Evil then maybe you're not in the right genre. Maybe I'll listen to this to compare to the originals as I should really reserve judgement for when I hear these things, I just don't see the point.

I dunno, I just don't like this whole 're-recording' business where all the songs are cleaned up and with added groove, sounds like they're trying to make it too nice and when was thrash ever meant to be 'nice'?

+10000000000

Well i dont see it like that. "Thrash was never suposed to be like....." and so on. If its good and i enjoy it, ill listen to it. I LOVE the origional BBB, the new one isnt as good, but i like it quite a lot and i will buy it.

I dont know if I want to pay for an inferior copy of something I already own.

Do you know if you want to download it free, albeit illegally?

I've only heard whats on their myspace by the way.

You know what, fuck it.

There is NOTHING wrong with this album. So what if there's a new version out? It's not like they've pulled the original like with Megadeth.

If you're so stuck up that you can't enjoy both versions then I feel very sorry for you. The new one isn't as good as the original but it's still good to listen to. Just treat it like it's a covers album.

I listen to some covers more than the original and I prefer some, but not all of the new versions to the originals.

Still fairly pointless.

I love it, its growing on me loads.

Holy Crap! Lions! wrote:You know what, fuck it.

There is NOTHING wrong with this album. So what if there's a new version out? It's not like they've pulled the original like with Megadeth.

If you're so stuck up that you can't enjoy both versions then I feel very sorry for you. The new one isn't as good as the original but it's still good to listen to. Just treat it like it's a covers album.

I listen to some covers more than the original and I prefer some, but not all of the new versions to the originals.

Megadeth didn't re-record any of their albums, save the odd track here and there when the original had been lost. They were going to be remixed and remastered by Capitol anyway so DM decided he'd get on board to make sure things panned out the way he wanted them to. I'm not saying they aren't shit, but Megadeth aren't the first band do have done what they did. Century Media, on the other hand, are unlikely to do anything with the original Bonded By Blood because few enough people will be buying the current version.

The main problem with this album is that it's utterly, utterly pointless. They did Another Lesson In Violence ten years ago but with a band that resembled the BBB line-up far more closely. It sounds better than this album too. Why not do what fans have been asking them to do for ages by getting their arses in gear and putting out the DVD version of Another Lesson In Violence?

Otherwise, I'm not sure I can see what the band are trying to achieve with these new versions. The production sounds more 'modern' but it's still not great and the songs themselves are played worse than they were originally. It's not even as if anyone can accuse Exodus of trying to make money off of former glories because about three people will buy this.

So, in summation, Exodus have interrupted their routine of putting out fucking dire albums and made a new version of their seminal album that isn't even good. Good going, Exodus!

Metal Iain wrote:

Holy Crap! Lions! wrote:You know what, fuck it.

There is NOTHING wrong with this album. So what if there's a new version out? It's not like they've pulled the original like with Megadeth.

If you're so stuck up that you can't enjoy both versions then I feel very sorry for you. The new one isn't as good as the original but it's still good to listen to. Just treat it like it's a covers album.

I listen to some covers more than the original and I prefer some, but not all of the new versions to the originals.

Megadeth didn't re-record any of their albums save the odd track here and there when the original had been lost. They were going to be remixed and remastered by Capitol anyway so DM decided he'd get on board to make sure things panned out the way he wanted them to. I'm not saying they aren't shit, but Megadeth aren't the first band do have done what they did. Century Media, on the other hand, are unlikely to do anything with the original Bonded By Blood because few enough people will be buying the current version.

The main problem with this album is that it's utterly, utterly pointless. They did Another Lesson In Violence ten years ago but with a band that resembled the BBB line-up far more closely. It sounds better than this album too. Why not do what fans have been asking them to do for ages by getting their arses in gear and putting out the DVD version of Another Lesson In Violence?

Otherwise, I'm not sure I can see what the band are trying to achieve with these new versions. The production sounds more 'modern' but it's still not great and the songs themselves are played worse than they were originally. It's not even as if anyone can accuse Exodus of trying to make money off of former glories because about three people will buy this.

So, in summation, Exodus have interrupted their routine of putting out fucking dire albums and made a new version of their seminal album that isn't even good. Good going, Exodus!

Essentially, they need to eat. This is a good cash cow and to be fair, they aren't taking any choices away from their fans.

People should stop complaining.