...one very underated death/thrash metal album.

In my opinion this album ( also their 2nd one for metal blade ) deserves the same notoriety ( the good kind ) as Obituary, Deceased, or Sadus.

...if you like your thrash metal on the death metal tip ( or vice versa ), check out Epidemics stuff. The lyrics are on the darker/bleake side, but the music and vocals are awesome.

Interesting, really sounds like old Obituary in vox.

I agree with you that this album deserves more recognition.  I overlooked it back when it came out, but revisited it a while back through a "great thrash you may have missed" article somewhere and promptly picked up the Dark Symphonies remastered re-release.  Furious!

This from their second record ( and last ) for Metal Blade. Exit Paradise is just as worthy as the Decameron.

Black Rider wrote:Interesting, really sounds like old Obituary in vox.

Yeah, you can tell that they were one of their influences.

xMetalMarkx wrote:I agree with you that this album deserves more recognition.  I overlooked it back when it came out, but revisited it a while back through a "great thrash you may have missed" article somewhere and promptly picked up the Dark Symphonies remastered re-release.  Furious!

Yep. Have you checked out Exit paradise ? Its really good as well.

sentient 6 wrote:

xMetalMarkx wrote:I agree with you that this album deserves more recognition.  I overlooked it back when it came out, but revisited it a while back through a "great thrash you may have missed" article somewhere and promptly picked up the Dark Symphonies remastered re-release.  Furious!

Yep. Have you checked out Exit paradise ? Its really good as well.

Sorry I didn't notice your reply until now.  Yes, I checked out Exit Paradise at the time I picked up Decameron, and I didn't find it nearly as enjoyable, mostly due to the significant down-shifting to consistent mid-tempos which I don't particularly dig for this vein of music.  Demolition Hammer made the same shift between their 2nd and 3rd albums (in the same years, even) and I found the third album a big disappointment on the heels of Epidemic of Violence, for that reason.