BURNT OFFERING - Burnt Offering LP

The reissue of the 1989-album by the violent thrash metal-band Burnt Offering from America.

Burnt Offering can be described, perhaps, as a cross between early Overkill and early Anthrax. But there is also a much more dirty and sinister vibe than the 2 mentioned bands exuded...but not to the point of being as wickedly heavy as Possessed. There is much variety of tempo on the album, and many, many satisfying thrash riffs which may have even been innovative at the time. There was some thought put behind these songs, they weren't just paint-by-numbers band-wagon jumpers.

The sound of the band may be of interest to some of you. They sound almost exactly like an American thrash version of Celtic Frost! Though the guitars are usually much more "active" than CF, one can hear the rather muted "moaning" guitar tone that was the Frosties' trademark sound, and vocalist Hal, while phrasing completely differently from ol' Tommy Gabriel Warrior, has almost the same voice....but as with the guitar, it is difficult to recognize this at first because the music is so vastly different. By no means does Burnt Offering's music sound like Celtic Frost's music, but the two share really similar ingredients.

Black LP