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HAMMERWHORE (Usa) - Live From The Riot - MC

Review from Hellpike (Ger) #15:
Hammerwhore is a three piece band from the USA. Their style is a pure and traditional thrash metal. As the title of that tape is narrating, you will get a live-tape here. Featured are 10 tracks (incl. one intro called "Slave to Hell"). Also to hear is a cover-version of Cyclone (In the Grip of Evil) and probably not many guys can remember that band. Well, the songs reminds me a lot to the very early tapes of the German masters VIOLENT FORCE, thanks to the voice and the raging style of their music. People into old Violent Force tapes (live and demos) can risk an ear on that release. I really do not understand the "intro"(??) for the song "Long Live Metal" as it is the same riff like on Conspiracy, Pisen pro Sathanas and/or War. I guess you all do know what I am talking about. I just would like to listen to some of their studio recordings, if there is some existing.

Review from Metalwhore.com:
Hell yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa!!! Dust off that patch covered denim vest, motherfuckers! Get in the pit!!! Unholy hammerwhored hellthis little jewel is a live recording of the new godz of thrash from back in October of 2003. It was taped at The Riot in the boys hometown of Alice, TX. "Live From The Riot" will take you back to the old-school tape trading days. It's a lot like an "official" bootleg, and as bootlegs go I'd give the sound quality about a B+. The mix is kind of low until about midway through "Devotion To Violence" where everything seems to get a little louder. There's a minimum amount of crowd noise. So all in all this is pretty damn fine live recording. I've witnessed the carnage that is HammerWhore myself and this tape does a good job of capturing that excitement. I fucking love every time I hear guitarist/vocalist Joe Gonzales tell the crowd, "Now we're gonna do a fast one!". Heh heh. Joe's a killer guitarist and gives a great vocal delivery. Excellent bass work by Andy Gonzales and superb drumming by Eric Pena as well. I would say this is a "fan only" releasebut it's not. It's a kick in the ass for metal as a whole. This is everything great thrash should be. They even include a cover of Belgian cult legends Cyclone's "In The Grip Of Evil". This tape is strictly limited to 250 copies. I've got number 121, so that tells you they're going fast. Your uncle Jeff doesn't want to hear you whine we these boys break big and you say, "damn, I shoulda bought that". Get one now or get raped on ebay later. Your call. Look for a full-legth CD this year. I'm hittin a pit

Review from Thrash Attack (Ger) #1:
Ok this is a live tape by these young american thrashers. Recently they have released their first full-length through Witches Brew Records. Well this tape is the first stuff I heard from this band and as usual a live tape might not be the perfect method to get to know a band's music. And as the sound, especially the vocal sound, is quite poor, so....But I heard some mp3 from their album and so the CD seems to be cool. I simply can't warm to this one, I'd suggest you to get the album and if you like it, test the live tape.

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