Band:	Bonded By Blood
Album:	Exiled To Earth
Style:	Thrash metal
Release date:	August 2010

01. 600 A.B. (After The Bomb)
02. Episodes Of Aggression
03. Prototype: Death Machine
04. Prison Planet
05. Genetic Encryption
06. Blood Spilled Offerings
07. Exiled To Earth
08. Parasitic Infection
09. Desolate Future
10. Sector 87
11. Cross-Insemination

Wow, where to start. Well, as a pretty big fan of this "thrash comeback" of sorts, I have to say that after my first listen, I was actually pretty impressed with this album. I love these guys' style of playing, and the way the vocals dance around a little with the music.

On to the details! I will agree with some of you and say that it definitely is not Feed The Beast, and when I heard about this album, and read the concept of it (a concept album based on Earth, 600 years in the future, that is occupied by an alien race called the Crong, and humanity's resistance of that occupation), I was a bit scared. To do a concept album for your second album is risky business, especially when you're part of this "thrash comeback"... the fans tend to be quite picky, and if it doesn't sound like something from 1987, they'll reject you. But I was not disappointed. I like to see a band that can maintain a few of the best things about their first album, showing that they truly do have their own style, and that they'll hold to it. Admirable.

Good thrashy, bouncing guitar riffs supporting Aladdin's somewhat zany vocals, held together by the insanely tight rhythm section and then sprinkled with some thrash-tastic tasty guitar solos that you can't help but admire. I wouldn't go so far as to say that this album is perfect, but it's far from a bad release. There is just something so amazing about a pedaling guitar riff that matches what the double bass is doing, and there's plenty of that to be found on Exiled To Earth. As a fan of fast guitar work and quick picking, shredding leads, I couldn't help but love this album.

Thrash is here folks, and it isn't planning on going anywhere. Overall, Bonded By Blood handled the concept album task very well, having the pummeling assault of thrash combine perfectly with the concept. One can almost imagine a combat scene between man and alien in the streets of L.A. while listening to this album. As always, they employ every member of the band for backing vocals, giving the perfect 80's thrash atmosphere to this sci-fi assault.

If you're in the mood for a thrash album and a sci-fi flick, pop this one in the CD player. This is not the album to overlook. Two thumbs up!