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Ghoul Noxious Concoctions CD Review

November 17, 2024
The cover of a game called the renfields

I fucking love Ghoul! They're one of those bands that have a great sense of (dark) humor and dish out some of the gnarliest death tinged thrash this side of Creepsylvania. They are also one of the very few bands I would argue that have a flawless discography. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who could say anything bad about any of their albums, but especially 'We Came For the Dead' and 'Maniaxe'. They are bonafide classics. 


Today we're looking at their latest EP, 'Noxious Concoctions' that was released earlier this year on Tankcrimes Records. This five song effort offers four new tracks in addition to a cover of Funerot's "1-900-DTH-LINE". In typical Ghoul fashion, every track here is a banger and scratches that hard to reach itch I get in between their releases. Hands down, "Shotgun Gulch" is my favorite song here, often reminding me of something that would have been found on 'Splatterthrash', especially with that surf guitar that is reminiscent of "Psychoplasm". The Funerot cover is pretty damn good as well, but I do prefer the original.

~TJ

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