The best classic Bay Area thrash band you never heard is back, with their first album of original material in nineteen years. And not that they necessarily need it, but there are a slew of guest musicians with them to herald their return.

Pestilence – “Resurrection Macabre” released April 14, 2009 on Mascot Records Well it’s been about 15 years since Spheres, and just like their Floridian technical death metal brethren, Atheist and Cynic, they reformed and are producing new original material. Don’t expect any of those atmospheric keyboards or jazz fusion that surfaced on their last output; this is some seriously blistering death metal. The production is a full-on head crush, with keen attention to overall clarity on guitar and vocals. This is not surprising, since mainman Patrick Mameli wrote the whole album.  It’s played at a mostly breakneck pace, but [...read more]