It’s 1985, and Nuclearsaurus Rex is celebrating his 25th birthday party, inviting a few of his best Dinosaur besties to provide the utmost entertainment to our guests! Chalky Hill is the creator of Nuclearsaurus Rex and Operation Party Destroy is the second offering that sees some of his mates get together for a bit of music and fun, some of them being Tim, Tom and Ted, the Triceratoxic (A three-headed Triceratops, each with a unique power. Tim can create force fields, Tom breathes toxic smog, and Ted can drip his saliva to heal wounds). It’s an album that has partying, drugs acts of evil the theft of a battle jacket and insidious gate crashers such as Velociradioactive. A nuclear-infected Velociraptor that paralyses anything he bites!
Sounds bonkers? The concept overrides everything that’s dripping in dayglow and retro thrash. 1985 was a banner year for the genre when every release was exciting. Nuclearsaurus Rex and their EP cover this party with four tracks and closer Velociradioactive a saga in four parts! In Places, it’s manic 2/4 pure thrash stomp that recalls bits of classic Whiplash or some Slammer mixed with tasty Pleasures of the Flesh Exodus that tracks like Triceratoxic revels in. The vocals are classic pure high-end with gang chant back-ups. At times it feels like the ultimate tribute party album. Chalky Hill is in utter command of all instruments and vocals and carries it off with aplomb. I’m honestly at a bit of a loss whether is deadly serious or just a bit if fun, is the dinosaur thing a metaphor…? Or perhaps a little bit like Tankard where you take the art of partying very seriously.
For Fans of pure thrash, Nuclearsaurus Rex pays the ultimate homage to the genre. It is so incredibly thrashy with riff after riff after tasty riff taking prominence that you’ll be looking for your dayglow boardies and backward cap to thrash out with some dinosaurs suck piss and create some carnage.
Nuclearsaurus Rex: Facebook
Release Year: 2024
Label: self-released
Category: EP
Country: Australia
Reviewed by Sparky
