Red Death are a crossover Thrash metal group, hailing from Washington D.C. They follow in the tradition of hardcore bands from the 80's, playing music that is fast, to the point, and loaded with politically charged lyrics. If you couldn't tell from the album cover, this album is pretty brutal, though I'd say it's actually a lot more listenable and listener- friendly than the majority of upstart Thrash crossovers you're bound to come across on bandcamp.
In fact, this album is pretty great, and I say that as someone who is a huge fan of Thrash, but has never really been into a lot of Hardcore Punk; luckily, Red Death take the killer riffs and guitar tone from Thrash, and take the vocal ferocity and song lengths from Hardcore Punk, making this album's 16 minutes something truly mosh-worthy. And if that last sentence threw you off, yes, this album is only 16 minutes long. However, the band does a great job of seamlessly gliding from one track to the next, which makes Permanent Exile feel more like one continuous song than 9 separate tracks.
My only real complaint with this album is the fact that there isn't more to it; Red Death are content with punching you in the face and leaving, without a moment to catch your breath. This has a lot to do with the Hardcore Punk influence, but I'd love to see these guys lay down longer tracks and really dig into the riffs that they show they know how to write. But, I'm not going to complain about that too much because I had a whole lot of fun with this LP, and will be looking out for more stuff from this band in the future.
8.0/10
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