Brain Dead Thrashes Loaded Hollywood

By Andrew Bansal

July 11th 2014, Loaded Rock Bar, Hollywood CA: Los Angeles thrash quartet Brain Dead have been hard at work in the local scene of late. Earlier this year they released their debut full-length album ‘Indoctrinator’, produced by the legendary Bill Metoyer, and have been playing shows regularly at various venues in and around LA. They took the stage at Loaded Hollywood on Friday July 11th as part of a show put together by Lara Gladstone, and did what they do best.

They began their set at 10:30 and played seven songs filled to the brim with high octane punk-infused old-school thrash metal punctuated by rebellious lyrics. They played three songs off of the debut album, in addition to some newer ones including ‘Flight Of Oderus’, a salutation to the recently deceased Dave Brockie a.k.a. Oderus Urungus of GWAR. There is no doubt that Brain Dead’s music is reminiscent of early Exodus, Death Angel and the like, but they certainly execute the style well and aside from displaying their individual and collective musicianship through these compositions, they deliver it with the energy levels expected from any live performance of music that’s attempting to represent this sub-genre. Even in a year’s worth of writing new music and playing gigs, Brain Dead have come a long way and with every step, they continue their march onwards and upwards.

We’re in an era that’s mostly devoid of genuine thrash metal. The popularity and future of any genre or sub-genre is told by the strength of its local scene in various parts of the world, not the success of its mainstream bands, and the same applies for thrash, which had its ‘new wave’ or ‘revival’ a few years back but most of those bands have faded away and there really isn’t an upswing of new bands replacing them. But thankfully, bands like Brain Dead are doing a great job carrying the flag for Los Angeles thrash metal, and true fans and supporters of the genre are highly encouraged to support this band.

Brain Dead links:
BrainDeadThrash.com

facebook.com/BrainDeadEvil
twitter.com/BrainDeadThrash
BrainDeadThrash.bandcamp.com 

Set List:
01. Social Pariah
02. Corporatocracy
03. High Value Target
04. Get Up And Kill
05. Brain Dead
06. Forever I Am War
07. Flight Of Oderus
08. B.A.C. 9.3

Lara Gladstone links:
facebook.com/LaraGladstone.Presents
twitter.com/LG_Presents 

Loaded Hollywood links:
LoadedHollywood.com
facebook.com/LoadedRockBar
twitter.com/LoadedHollywood
instagram.com/LoadedHollywood 

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