### Elimination: Destroyed by creation

#### 10/05/10 || Euthanatos

Another thrash metal album that gets sent to us, and that’s always nice. Can’t have too much thrash, can we? No, sir. Thrash is here to save the day. When all else fails, call thrash! Alright, enough bullshit.

First of all, I don’t get how these bands aren’t sued. Elimination? There must be a hundred bands with that name. I found 3 in about 4 seconds, one British (this one), one German, one Swedish. Creativity: serious business.

Moving on to the music, I can’t say that creativity can be found here either. No, Elimination isn’t bad, they play old-school thrash metal, no modern flavor, no so-what-so-what-so-what-you-want crap, it’s thrash, it’s eighties-ish, it’s good. There’s enough traditional heavy metal influence in the guitars riffs to keep things spicy as well. It just isn’t mind-blowing, is all. It’s simple, it’s fine. That’s the word. Fine. There are some bits and pieces here and there that make me get a hard-on, though. I love the fact they have a song called “The Eliminator”. That’s fucking metal as hell.

Elimination don’t try to go light-speed on our asses, quite the contrary, as a whole, the album is very mid-paced. That can be good and bad. It’s good, because it’s a little refreshing, everyone is trying to outrun their mother these days, and it can get boring and old fast. On the other hand, thrash is kinda all about speed, innit? So slowing down the tempo can make some of the elders (like me) doze off every now in then.

The vocals are somewhere between Testament, Anthrax and Iced Earth, therefore it is good. Not fantastic, not oh-my-god-someone-get-this-man-a-medal good, just peachy, caribou gorn, baby’s arm holding an apple.

Guitar work is very, very solid, some great solos to boot as well, these Ipswich chaps know their business fine and dandy, what-what. Bass can’t be heard at all and the drums are decent, keeping the double-bass going on all night long.

So Elimination hasn’t exactly rewritten history, far from it, but they are a bit of fresh air in the thrash metal scene. They are still lacking a little personality, yes, a little hair on their balls, but they are nice lads and I’m sure we’ll see better things from them yet. Make more songs like “Wargames” and you’re gold, fellas.

Good show, old sport, with a yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.

The cover: LONDON BATTERED TO SHIT. FUCK, YES, ONE EXTRA POINT JUST FOR THE AWESOME COVER, FUCK YEAH.

P.S. Hey K, don’t throw this promo in the thrash, I wants it, it’s good! Honest! (Note by The Lord: Too fucken late, bitch)

- Information
- Released: 2010
- Label: Casket Records
- Website: Elimination MySpace
- Band
- Neil Stevens: vocals
- Daz Abbott: guitars
- Dave Spicer: guitars
- Justin Smith: bass
- Will Roswell: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Straight To Hell
- 02. The Rage Within
- 03. Slaves To A Tyrant’s Reign
- 04. Wargames
- 05. Nightmare Asylum
- 06. Nostromo
- 07. The End Of Days
- 08. The Eliminator
- 09. Rising From The Grave
- 10. Release The Anger
- 11. Hell’s Battlefield
- 12. Destroyed By Creation