Live In Sao Paulo

Great live (duh!) run through the Brazilian thrash/death metal band’s career. Yours truly hasn’t been too up on their recent efforts but I can tell you that the bulk of this is pretty fuckin’ heavy & intense. Regardless of it’s ‘enhanced’ or not it’ s pretty amazing to hear how often the crowd knows the lyrics to every song. Mixed raw but loud & resonating and mostly enjoyable.
DISC I
(((1))) Crazy, long intro by Emcee & horror movie legend, Coffin Joe.
((((2)))) Hard & heart punching riffs & pissed vox. Almost getting to greatness.
((((3)))) Thrashy & rhythmic, nice soloing.
((((4))))Chunky riffing (FCC “fuckin’ hands”)
((((5))) Tribal, thudding bassy kinda like slow metalcore?
(((((6)))) Awesome riff & groove, some cool & varied drum sounds.
((((((7)))))) Big, pure mid-paced metal to totally apeshit FAST speed/death metal.
(((((8))))) Slammin’, riffing, killer & O.T.T. 80’s speedsanity!
(((9))) Off-kilter, riff with some OK breakdowns
(((((10))))) Totally headbangin’ intensity.
((((((11)))))) Whoa! Rippin’ & unexpected take on this awesome track from their first EP(!)
DISC II
(((1))) Straight-ahead, steady, so-so. “Tribal metal”.
(((2))) Lots of stop/starts & pounding but kinda weak vocals. (FCC “shit” at end)
((((3))))) GREAT riff & vocal attack. Really big sound, too. (FCCS “fucking”, “fucking”, “motherfuckers”)
((4)) Pretty decent cover of the Public Enemy classic in English & Portuges just runs on too long.
(5) Highly unnecessary cover of an already crappy song which they’ve already done.
((((6)))) Insane hardcore sounding thrash.
(((((7))))) Totally raging riffs & snarling vocals, hard as hell breakdowns and a nod to Led Zep. (FCC “fucking”)
(((((((8)))))) One of the best speed/death metal songs EVER made & another crusher from the same ’91 album.
(((((9))))) Bassy, rapid-fire beats, hella heavy, great solos.
((((10)))) Bombastic, screamy vox.