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Jimmy Brown was right, this is their Reign in Blood<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n For the uninitiated or those not familiar with the seminal Slayer album, the new (11th) Deliverance album, The Subversive Kind<\/span>, sounds like it belongs in the first canon of this pioneering Christian speed\/thrash band (that being the self-titled debut, Weapons of our Warfare<\/span> and What a Joke<\/span>). Almost more tough-guy thrash than speed metal, this is definitely not your Geoff Tate conjures David Bowie and fronts Deliverance variety tuneage (a la Stay of Execution<\/span>, Learn<\/span>, River Disturbance<\/span> and pretty much everything after). This is straight-up, get-the-lead-out heavy thrash metal. While the riffs and chops are heavy, tight and fast, they\u2019re not electric drill picking burns \u2014 thus one of the subtle differences between speed metal and thrash. The vocals are angry, as if being spit out by a microphone lower than the chin of the singer, glaring at the swirling crowd at high velocity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \u201cBring \u2018Em Down\u201d starts things off and, as with \u201cConcept of the Other,\u201d the band wastes no time with long, extended intros. They jump into the bloodbath with mean, urgent vocals. \u201cCenter of it All\u201d takes a whole 9 seconds before Brown starts delivering his rat-a-tat-a-tat snare-like vocals. \u201cThe Black Hand\u201d sounds the most like the first album, with almost 50 seconds of guitar tones and a wailing little lead before the yelling commences. Midway through, one hears a little bit of Brown\u2019s vocal histrionics. Then there\u2019s the fiery string-bending solo trade-offs. Jim Chaffin\u2019s drumming is fast \u2018n\u2019 furious as well. If that\u2019s Victor Macias on bass (or Manny Morales), the playing is as tight and in the pocket as possible. This is a throwback and a pushback. It\u2019s fighting music!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n It\u2019s so stinkin\u2019 tough and tight that metalheads can\u2019t help but love it. Move over, Big 4, Deliverance just sent a missile over the bow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n Now, no one\u2019s declaring war between the kings of thrash, but if there was a competition, it just got a lot hotter in the studio. If I was Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax or Megadeth, I\u2019d listen closely. Deliverance is leading the conversation at the moment, and for good reason. Once you\u2019ve played through all 8 songs on this full-length, you\u2019ll want to return for another run immediately. It\u2019s that good.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jimmy Brown was right, this is their Reign in Blood. For the uninitiated or those…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1020],"tags":[912,294,14,910,908,911,404,40,298,907,909],"class_list":["post-3429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-anthrax-d25","tag-deliverance-d81","tag-hm-magazine","tag-jim-chaffin","tag-jimmy-brown-d35","tag-manny-morales","tag-megadeth-d77","tag-metallica-d32","tag-slayer-d49","tag-the-big-d","tag-victor-macias"],"yoast_head":"\n