Tag: reverend

So, after Reverend’s awesome self titled EP that was released in ´89, they were picked up by Charisma America and released this – their debut album one year later. I’m going to refine my original assessment of the band’s sound that I wrote in the review of their first EP by saying that if you put Anthrax and Overkill in a blender, then out would pop Reverend.

I was going to say it’s something in the water, but Reverend are from the west coast. Yup, this is a good old thrash record that delivers from front to back. The title track World Won’t  Miss You is the pick of the bunch for me. Although the fat huge chugga riffage of Rude Awakening is a close second.

Cool record!

8/10 from The Grooveman.

Reverend had something of a cult following in the late eighties and early nineties. They were touted to be metal’s next best thing but other than this EP, they put out two full length records and then they were done.

The band were formed by original Metal Church vocalist David Wayne and this was the first EP that they put out in ´89. You only get four songs but each one is a thrashtastic banger. If you put all of the original thrash bands’ sound and groove in a blender, Reverend would be the end product. Rammed full of chugga riffs and grooves to get that head bangin’. Wretched Excess is my favourite track of the tunes on offer here, it would have given any of the “big 4” a run for their money.

Cool EP!

8/10 from The Grooveman.