Toxic Holocaust

Conjure and Command (Relapse)

Metallurgy

Toxic Holocaust

Conjure and Command (Relapse)

It's no secret how one-man thrash brand Joel Grind keeps skate punks elbow-stomping: machine-gun hooks ("Bitch"). The fourth no-frills Megadeth runoff sprints through 10 hand grenades in 32 minutes ("Nowhere To Run"), Conjure and Command the perfect descriptor of Grind's flawless production aesthetic – parking-lot minimalism with a blacktop smack. "I Am Disease" marches a breather after which the "Revelations" decline, but this Oregonian remains kush.

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