Wrathchild America

When Alex Perialas produced a thrash metal album in the late 1980s or early '90s, one could expect the results to be good, if not excellent. Perialas' work with Testament and others was impressive, and on 3-D, the studio ace clearly does right by the exciting but underexposed Wrathchild America. Like albums that Anthrax and Megadeth had recorded in the late '80s, 3-D was often described as a thrash effort for the more casual thrash fan. Bonecrushing songs like "Gentleman Death," "Surrounded by Idiots," and "Another Nameless Face" make it clear that Wrathchild was hardly a glossy pop-metal unit, but at the same time, the band was far from grindcore or death metal. If you can get into Anthrax, Megadeth or late-'80s Testament, you can get into Wrathchild. 3-D is an album that should be much better known. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi