Sepultura's "Quadra" isn't thrash metal

First Post December 07, 2024 08:46 PM

While there are a few genuine thrash tunes on Sepultura's 2020 fifteenth album, the majority could be described as progressive groove metal so I'd like to see it removed from the Thrash metal genre while maintaining its position in The Pit.

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December 10, 2024 10:03 AM

I can definitely hear some thrash in the few thrash tunes you have mentioned in your review ("Isolation", "Last Time", "Ali"). However, even "Means to an End" blasts through with the thrash/groove metal of The Haunted, according to my ears. And even the more progressive tracks like "Guardians of Earth" and "The Pentagram" don't sound too far from thrash, with the latter track having some similar ideas to the title instrumental of Trivium's The Crusade. So I'll have to vote NO for this entry, Daniel. But I'll vote YES for the entry adding this album to The Infinite.

December 10, 2024 10:33 AM

Hhhmm… it would seem that I made a mistake by allowing members of The Infinite to vote on this poll. I’ve just fixed it & reset the count. Sorry Andi.

For the record, the progressive metal component is the most prominent here in my opinion with the groove metal & thrash metal sounds not being consistent enough to justify a position in The Pit in isolation. However, when you consider the sum of the two you find that they easily justify inclusion in the clan. I selected groove metal simply because it was the more prominent of the two. Other than the three songs I mentioned in my review, the thrash elements only amount to a riff here or there which isn't enough to see me reaching for thrash-based primary tags on any other tracks.