Hellish Crossfire
Bloodrusted Scythe
2010 I Hate Records
As good as "Slaves of the Burning Pentagram" was, "Bloodrusted Scythe" is even better. Hellish Crossfire made a few changes with their sound, all of them for the better. Thrash is of course, still the main element. But a few blatant black metal passages show up here and there. Plain old heavy metal does as well. They mix and interweave those styles into each song too, and do it in such a way as to allow each track to reach maximum headbanging potential. Old Mercyful Fate is just as much of an influence as early Kreator. Don't go calling Hellish Crossfire a "retro thrash" band either. This has fuck-all to do with that scene, and everything to do with the forward-looking thrash sound shared with bands like Witchburner, Nocturnal and Witching Hour. The only thing "retro" here is the fact that they didn't use any damned triggers on the drums. Obviously, the mindset here is that if you can't play it without hardware that helps play it for you, then you shouldn't play it at all. Damn straight. Words to live by there.
Bloodrusted Scythe
2010 I Hate Records
As good as "Slaves of the Burning Pentagram" was, "Bloodrusted Scythe" is even better. Hellish Crossfire made a few changes with their sound, all of them for the better. Thrash is of course, still the main element. But a few blatant black metal passages show up here and there. Plain old heavy metal does as well. They mix and interweave those styles into each song too, and do it in such a way as to allow each track to reach maximum headbanging potential. Old Mercyful Fate is just as much of an influence as early Kreator. Don't go calling Hellish Crossfire a "retro thrash" band either. This has fuck-all to do with that scene, and everything to do with the forward-looking thrash sound shared with bands like Witchburner, Nocturnal and Witching Hour. The only thing "retro" here is the fact that they didn't use any damned triggers on the drums. Obviously, the mindset here is that if you can't play it without hardware that helps play it for you, then you shouldn't play it at all. Damn straight. Words to live by there.
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