DECEASED — Thrash Times at Ridgemont High (review)

DECEASED — Thrash Times at Ridgemont High album cover Album · 2021 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
UMUR
"Thrash Times at Ridgemont High" is the 10th full-length studio album by US metal act Deceased. The album was released through Hells Headbangers Records in October 2021. It´s the successor to "Rotten to the Core Part 2 (The Nightmare Continues)" from 2020 and it´s the second covers only album in a row from Deceased (and their third in all), their last studio album featuring original material being "Ghostly White" from 2018. While the first two cover albums by the band featured covers of hardcore/punk songs, "Thrash Times at Ridgemont High" is a different kind of beast, and as the title of the album suggests Deceased have opted to record 12 covers of different thrash metal artists.

It´s predominantly covers of tracks from the mid-80s and all tracks are pretty raw and savage sounding thrash metal. There are no covers of Exodus, Megadeth, or Metallica here, but instead covers of lesser known (at least to the general public) thrash metal artists like Sacrifice, Whiplash, Deathwish, and Razor. "Get Stoned" by Stone and the dissonant "Thrashing Rage" by Voivod stand out as a little different from the remaining tracks, but other than those two tracks, this is a consistent release in regards to musical style. Deceased generally do a great job covering these songs, and while some (most) of the covers are pretty true to the originals, Deceased manage to put at least a little of their own spin of the material.

"Thrash Times at Ridgemont High" features a raw sounding production, which suits the rawness of the material well, and upon conclusion Deceased have released a good quality thrash metal covers album. The title of the album is probably a reference to the fact that the band members listened to these exact songs (and probably many other similar ones), when they were in high school in the mid-80s and "Thrash Times at Ridgemont High" should be seen as a homage to that time. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
Vim Fuego wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Also Drop Dead Fred with Rik Mayall, and two mini-series Lace and Lace 2, which I don't seem to be able to find anywhere online.
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Gremlins of course in particular.
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I haven´t watched that one, but having done a little research that Phoebe Cates is a stunner. I remember her from other movies from that time....wow :-).
siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
LOL. Hilarious that they are parodying the Fast Times At Ridgemont High movie soundtrack :D

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· 4 days ago
Agremorta - Ploratus Umbra (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 4 days ago
Agremorta - Vertex Membrana (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 4 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· 5 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