Heaven’s Gate

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Heaven’s Gate Tales From a Blistering Paradise LP

Look, if you have a proclivity for crossover thrash, extreme metal, or blistering hardcore, then you’re already all over this most likely. I can’t really call HEAVEN’S GATE anything other than a supergroup, which always sounds lame, but these dudes have been in bands that even your wannabe cool-guy boss has probably heard of. Like CANNIBAL CORPSE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, and WARTHOG, for fuck’s sake. And, get this—they’re from Florida. Somehow that makes perfect sense, ‘cause this album is about as scorching as the impending nuclear summer. Do you like CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER, the ACCÜSED, or any of the other bands these maniacs are in? Don’t deprive yourself, ya freakin’ masochist!

Heaven’s Gate Heaven’s Gate 12″

Fast and furious blasts from HEAVEN’S GATE, a who’s who of thrash/crossover/metal playing thrash/crossover/metal. If you need an idea of HEAVEN’S GATE’s sound, look no further than the impressive resumes of their members—MUNICIPAL WASTE, WARTHOG, CANNIBAL CORPSE, REVERSAL OF MAN. Stuffed with blastbeats, riffs on riffs, sludge-y baselines, and shredded vocals, HEAVEN’S GATE impressively scratches every itch in five songs’ time. Checkout opening track “Smear Crusade” and prepare to have the skin melted off your face like the poor fella on the cover.