Member Since: 19/02/2006
Band Members: Stricken By Might 1987Joseph Palma/
Rui Tavora/
Adam Marigliano/
R.H. Boeckel/
Charles Lopez/Sicker Than I Thought 1990Tommy Lee Haley/ vocals/
Rui Tavora/ guitars/
Adam Marigliano/ guitars/
R.H. Boeckel/ bass/
Charles Lopez/ drums
Influences:E-X-E - Stricken By Might (1987)
1. Slaughter Disorder 2. Stricken By Might 3. Autopsy 4. Metal Hell 5. Slayer 6. Martial Law 7. Warchild 8. Fatally Wounded 9. Seek And Destroy 10. Crib DeathE-X-E started their short existence as a band mixing elements of conventional power metal and more furious speed/thrash metal. Although the band looked like a bunch of deliberate posers in the beginning, Stricken By Might is a fairly interesting though unavoidably patchy release. The album starts off fine with some fast, intense tracks and blatantly catchy riffs but in the middle it degenerates into third-rate heavy metal cliches before fortunately returning back to the right direction near the end. Really, when the band can pull off such fine thrashers as Autopsy and Fatally Wounded, pointless and plodding tracks like Metal Hell are just a major nuisance. The most striking example of the talent this band must have had is the ending track Crib Death, a dark and devastating piece that even Slayer could be proud of. Despite its high points, Stricken By Might is too much of a mixed bag and as such not completely successful in its delivery.E-X-E - Sicker Than I Thought! (1990)
1. Three Years Later / Dismembered 2. Another Chosen Life 3. Sexploitation 4. Innocent Betrayal 5. Chamber Of Sorrow 6. Second Coming 7. Horrors Of The Mind 8. No One To Pray To 9. I'm Sanctified 10. InfectedCompared to Stricken By Might which tried to combine both conventional and thrash metal influences, Sicker Than I Thought! is a full-speed thrash album. There were some changes in the band line-up between this and the debut release, the vocals in particular are much different on this album as the new vocalist is rather high-pitched. The music is laudably fast and there's a lot of obvious attempt to make some impact with this album but in the end it's just your run-of-the-mill urban thrash. Occasionally the fast, harmonic playing does result in some memorable moments like on Chamber Of Sorrow though these are not too frequent. I would really have liked to find more virtue in this disc but the truth is, Sicker Than I Thought! is not too remarkable by any standards.
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Record Label: SHATTER RECORDS
Type of Label: Major