Band: Drünken Bastards
Title: Horns Of The Wasted
Label: Hells Headbangers Records
Distribution: Hells Headbangers Records
Release date: July 23rd 2010
Review: MCD

Hungarian outfit Drünken Bastards have impressed the worldwide audience with Posercrusher (2007), as well with their imposing live performances, and Horns Of The Wasted will strengthen their position within the Punk / Thrash scene. And I’ll start with the sole negative element: Horns … isn’t but a mini-album and we do want more!
In the vein of the debut, this recording combines extreme Thrash Metal with a blackened edge, and pounding Hardcore / Punk with a spikes & leather attitude. The short guitar-driven assaults come with a demonic and fucked-up approach, leaving no room for sweet emotions or poppy melodies, yet instead these eight catchy and energetic sonic beauties stand for uncompromising purity. Besides, the whole sounds wonderfully toxic and poisonous, and even though the eighties seem to revive lately, Drünken Bastards ARE eighties’ filthiness.
The no-nonsense approach goes for their own anthems, as well as both cover tracks (by Eatmyfuk and their Japanese friends Barbatos – Drünken Bastards once did release a live-split with them through Metal Ör Die; 2008).
For fans of Driller Killer, Abigail, Barbatos, Venom and Toxic Holocaust.

87/100

Ivan Tibos.