CRUSTACEAN „Insaniac”

Cold Blood Industries brings the world a new thrash/death crossover release by Crustacean with their release INSANIAC. This 12 song effort has shades of Bay Area thrash such as Vio-Lence mixed with slightly heavier vocals similar to what can be found on Death’s SYMBOLIC. ‘Deathtrap’ is a brutal track herein which reminds me a fair amount of a thrash ripper ‘Bodies On Bodies’ from Vio-Lence’s debut ETERNAL NIGHTMARES. I really like the heavy riffing used which relies heavily upon typical, but forceful, thrash chords and at times a Zakk Wylde styled distortion. Throughout the madness there is also what I believe to be some unmistakable Venom influences, think of the CAST IN STONE album.
The only downside is found in the overall shortness of the songs creating a bit of a stagnant, sameness feel throughout INSANIAC. The 12 songs put the CD at just over 35 minutes and most of the tracks are just over 3 minutes while ‘Satanizer’ falls short of the 2-minute mark. Some additional solos could be added, and I don’t really like when tracks such as ‘Penance’ jump directly into the vocals without any musical buildup. Without a proper intro it often feels like you are listening to the same song one after another. But shortcoming aside, the music is very aggressive and life-like, and if you are looking for some heavier death/thrash metal inspired from some of the best, Crustacean might do the trick.

Release Date: 25th February, 2003
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Tracklist

1. Arena
2. Random Terror
3. Psycho 2001
4. Satanizer
5. Deathtrap
6. Soul Sucker
7. Bloodshot
8. Lost (Head)
9. Penance
10. Redeemer
11. Foul Usurper
12. State Necropolis