XECUTIONER — Metal Up Your Ass (review)

XECUTIONER — Metal Up Your Ass album cover Demo · 1985 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
UMUR
"Metal Up Your Ass" is the first demo recording by US, Florida based thrash/death metal act Xecutioner (this demo was released under the Executioner monicker). The demo was recorded at Morrisound Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida, and as a result features professional demo quality sound production. As a bit of a rarity the demo was released on 7" vinyl and not on cassette tape. The original pressing was limited to 1.000 copies.

Xecutioner formed in 1984 under the Executioner monicker, but soon changed their name to Xecutioner to avoid confusion with other bands named Executioner. Xecutioner released three demos (and one rehearsal tape) before changing their name to Obituary (just before recording their debut album).

"Metal Up Your Ass" features two tracks and a total playing time of 8:04 minutes. Stylistically the material is a grim and aggressive type of thrash/speed metal, and it´s the early releases by contemporary Florida act Nasty Savage that I´m mostly reminded of. Just in a less professional and original version. Considering their young age, Xecutioner are relatively well playing, but there´s little here which sounds unique, and John Tardy had not yet begun to growl with his distinct sounding voice and vocal style, but there are actually times when you can hear it´s him singing.

For at first attempt by a young band, "Metal Up Your Ass" is a relatively decent product. The sound production is alright, the musicianship decent, and the songwriting acceptable in quality. A 2.5 star (50%) rating is deserved.
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Metal Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Rot Stink Rip Death Metal
TOMBSTONER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Human Rosin Melodic Metalcore
HATE BREEDER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Through The Hell Hardcore Punk
ENEMY 906
Buy this album from MMA partners
Lightmatter: Rebirth Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Eye Of Horus (Lightmatter EP Pt. 2) Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

Agremorta - Adrocitas (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
Agremorta - Ploratus Umbra (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
Agremorta - Vertex Membrana (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR - The Temple Of Curved Space (Official Track Stream)
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR
adg211288· 5 days ago
In Sulfur - The Gate (OFFICIAL VIDEO) 2022
IN SULFUR
Bosh66· 6 days ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Follow us on Twitter Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed