Credits:

Bastard Skull

Description:

The debut album by BASTARDSKULL, a four-piece thrash metal band from New York, USA. Featuring members with long-standing careers, the album delivers a straight-ahead, pure thrash sound. The band was formed in November 2022 at a Mercyful Fate concert held at the Kings Theater in Brooklyn. John Blicharz (g: BloodFeast, Dusk, etc.) happened to reunite with his longtime friend Tom Lorenzo (b/vo: BloodFeast), and they were joined by drummer Mark Mari (Sneak Attack) and bassist George Kostadimas. Tom set aside his bass to take on vocals. Recapturing the raw intensity of their Annunaki dayswhen they opened for Carnivore and Deicide and sold out a show with Immortal at BB Kingsthe band explodes with Georges intense bass lines, Marks thrash-style drumming, and Toms passionate vocals. Recorded and mixed in the summer of 2024 at BandMotherRecording, engineered by Mike Sabatini (Attacker). Mastering was h