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Metal Mon. #26 is here.

Today I’ve got some tasty cross-over in the form of Sacrilege B.C.’s - Party With God. They’re still only my 2nd favorite Sacrilege, but this is a pretty awesome album ala Money Talks era-Cryptic Slaughter and Thrash Zone era DRI, with some Reign in Blood influence mixed in as well. A nice middle ground between hardcore and 80’s metal. Most of the songs are 2 or 3 minutes, so you won’t find any sort of Master Of Puppets epics on here, just full on thrashing, and speed. Party With God might be one of the Bay Area’s best kept secrets. It’s held in the highest regard by any metalhead past or present that you meet from there but it failed in making a sizable impact outside of that area. Maybe this was partly because it was on a punk label (Alchemy), which is also well known for doing Poison Idea’s ”War All The Time” (congrats too Cooch for just getting a test press), The Melvins “Gluey Porch Treatments”, RKL’s “Rock ‘N Roll Nightmare”, Neurosis’  Pain Of Mind, and lesser known gems like Parnoia’s “Many Faces” lp.

There’s not a whole lot to distinguish Sacrilege from the pack I guess, they’re strictly a genre band, but if you love the sound of a scooped Jackson guitar being abused by 16th note tremelo-picked riffs that cascade on top of eachother, Party With God has the cheap thrills you desire in spades; there’s plenty of stupidly nonsensical solos and dive bombs drenched in chorus too.  The predictably typical lyrics are shouted in a good monotone (no singing!), about the usual stuff - the devil, nuclear war, comic books. If you’re looking for a band that took thrashing to new heights, try a little record called Leave Scars, but if you’re cool with predictable, but endeeringly scrappy USA thrash here it is.