DEATH ANGEL “The Bastard Tracks”

Label: Nuclear Blast

I absolutely loved this band's debut album, didn't like the couple after that and their latest before this was solid, so I was anxious to hear this. A bit about this. This was recorded live during the pandemic and streamed live the following week and contains songs you would not normally hear during a band's set. Well, I had not heard more than one or 2 of these tunes before and thankfully the band on this stick with the speedy thrashier stuff and not that "I'm Bored" shit from many moons ago. The Bay Area crunch rings loud and clear on this and singer Mark Osegueda sounds awesome on this. That guitar crunch just owns me big time and thank god for speed baby. Death Angel is back and this recording crushes.