Diamond Plate – Generation Why?

- by Thomas

Diamond Plate is a Chicago-based band that plays thrash metal like Overkill and Exodus used to. On their debut full-length “Generation Why?” these dudes start things off with some clips of news reports that paint a not so pretty portrait of the state of the world, before heading off into thrash territory with galloping drums and shredding riffs. They actually do a pretty good job but unfortunately they’re stuck with a terrible singer who started to get on my nerves about halfway through the first song with his incessant monotone screaming. A label name like Earache has never been more appropriate. Too bad because the music itself isn’t even half bad.
Score: 4 out of 10
http://www.earache.com
http://www.myspace.com/diamondplate1