HAVOK Point Of No Return Coloured Vinyl EP (2012)

Denver's HAVOK arrived in the early 2010s at exactly the moment thrash metal needed someone to prove the genre still had teeth, and Point of No Return, their 2012 EP, is the document of a band who had already figured out exactly what they were doing.

Released as a bridge between their Burn and Time Is Up records, this EP captures HAVOK at peak riff velocity, tight, aggressive, and completely uninterested in compromise. The coloured vinyl pressing, reissued in 2021, is the kind of thing that sits correctly on a shelf between your Exodus and Slayer records without needing to apologise to either of them. If you came to thrash through the old school and you're chasing bands who understand the assignment without turning it into a costume, HAVOK belongs in your collection. This is a limited edition coloured vinyl, not a digital playlist, and it sounds like it.

Format: Extended Play. Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl. Original release: 2012, this pressing: 2021. Artist origin: USA. Genre: Thrash Metal.

Fans of: Exodus, Slayer, Megadeth.