I first discovered it with the cover by Death at the end of their last album (I’m too young to have experienced the popularity of traditional heavy metal so I didn’t know anything about it)
Since it wasn’t explicitly written I assumed it was them who wrote it.
It’s crazy that a NWBHM band wrote a song so futuristic that a death metal band could just play it, change nothing at all in the riffs, and make it an absolutely seamless entry to one of their albums
it’s a thrash metal song released in 1990, I think it’s less “futuristic” and more an OG metal band showing they can beat the younger guys at their own game
Painkiller is one the best metal songs ever, like top 10
I first discovered it with the cover by Death at the end of their last album (I’m too young to have experienced the popularity of traditional heavy metal so I didn’t know anything about it)
Since it wasn’t explicitly written I assumed it was them who wrote it.
It’s crazy that a NWBHM band wrote a song so futuristic that a death metal band could just play it, change nothing at all in the riffs, and make it an absolutely seamless entry to one of their albums
it’s a thrash metal song released in 1990, I think it’s less “futuristic” and more an OG metal band showing they can beat the younger guys at their own game
Oh right it’s more recent than I thought! I wouldn’t have called it thrash but eh genre debate is pointless who cares
Anyway big respect