Precious Metal: Lethal Strike + Ex Dementia + Savage Skull @ Lit Lounge 030909

Tonite's Precious Metal party was definitely a goodie with some very promising local talent on hand.  Savage Skull, part of the this whole new thrash revival movement, started it off with a super speed metal attack...think of Beherit on meth minus the raspy vocals.  They had the entire place headbangin for most of their set, and I definitely remember hearing 'Beast of Darkness'. Next up was Ex Dementia, a horror-metal band, complete with a bucket of blood and other gore movie props.  Fans of Dead/Impetigo/Ghoul/Crypticus/BloodFreak should watch out for this three-piece, who would seem like a natural fit for the Razorback Records roster.  NJ's Lethal Strike rounded out the evening's bill, and they totally ripped it.  First off, these guys are young...I'm talking the guitar player still has braces, and none of them look like they shave.  The fact that they can compose such good material shows a ton of promise, because the music is like whoa...total Bay Area thrash with great shredding and catchy beats. Their set, which included 'Toxic Terror' and 'Mass Hysteria', sounded atypically clear and tight in the basement, so props to Ryan who was working the sound.  

I also had the opportunity to quickly chat with 'Bass Goddess' Greta Brinkman, who was visiting from Virginia and doing a little blogging on the underground metal scene herself. She's played with L7, Lunachicks, Pigface and Moby, among others, so check out her site.

Ex Dementia

Lethal Strike

Precious Metal: Pollution + Savage Skull + Misanthropy Legion @ Lit Lounge 010509

A true metal delight was in-store for all this evening in Lit's dilapidated quarters.  This was Misanthropy Legion's second go-around at Precious Metal, and I was sad to learn from Joe (guitars/vocals) that the group would soon be disbanding in order to pursue a different musical direction.  No matter, I still have their sticker on my snowboard.  Long live 'New Jersey Black Metal'.  Savage Skull was a speed metal tsunami and sounded like an old-school basement production-style black metal cover of 80's Bay-Area thrash.  They brought the headbangers out!  I was really into Brooklyn's Pollution - they were off the hook.  I'm thinking that the drummer was on some sort of synthetic form of adrenaline cuz my man was nonstop!

Pollution, from Brooklyn...