HORROR METAL SOUNDS: THRASHCAST
HORROR METAL SOUNDS: THRASHCAST
Deathrow: A deep dive into their 1989 album
Deathrow: A deep dive into their 1989 album

Thrashcast Episode 27: Deathrow's "Deception Ignored" from 1989

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Thrashcast is the place to find riveting discussions on classic thrash albums, news and reviews. Your hosts are three thrash loving maniacs who grew up during the golden age of the genre. Kenneth, Billy and Jim will get together weekly to bring you a deep dive on some of your favourite thrash records.

Show Notes:

Episode Twenty-Seven: We discuss one of the biggest stylistic changes for German thrash band Deathrow. They released a pummelling thrasher with 1987's Raging Steel, then made this drastic leap into technical thrash with Deception Ignored in 1989. Many consider this a masterpiece of technical thrash ranking it up there with Heathen's Victims of Deception, and Metallica's...And Justice For All.

Much of the credit goes out to the inclusion of new guitarist Uwe Osterlehner who helped steer the band into a more progressive approach. This did cause some in-fighting with the band, due to some members not appreciating the change in style. Deception took the band into a highly technical direction of complex riffs and longer songs. The approach presented challenging compositions and a very ambitious new style.

Fun Facts: The album was remastered in 2018 and also included an extra track called Bureaucrazy.

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About the artist(s):

Deathrow was a thrash metal group from Düsseldorf, Germany. Founded in 1984 as Samhain, they notably released three albums on Noise Records. In 2018, all four albums were remastered and released. – Wikipedia

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Album:

Deception Ignored

Deathrow: Deception Ignored

About the author(s):

Kenneth Gallant is the creator and Editor-In-Chief of horrormetalsounds.com. Ken originated the webzine as a column (on another Heavy Metal webzine) that paid homage to horror films incorporating the theme, or a soundtrack, of heavy metal music. Horrormetalsounds.com embodies his passion for horror films, comics and heavy metal music.

Billy K and Jim Harrison are co-creators of the Thrashcast and active music journalists.