Sacred Reich - Surf Nicaragua CD

Belonging to what is known as the second wave of American thrash metal, Sacred Reich have always stood out for their music style close to hardcore and for their protest and anti-militarist lyrics, as the group's ironic name already suggests.

In 1988, one year after the release of their debut album "Ignorance," they released an EP, likely as an appetizer for the second album that would come out in 1990, titled "Surf Nicaragua" and containing three new tracks, a cover, and two live songs. The cover, depicting a soldier with a helmet and gas mask ready to throw a grenade while surfing on a coffin, refers to the song that gives the album its name and represents the highlight of the work in question. Indeed, thanks to its rousing chorus, like very few in the history of the genre, and its aggressive yet mocking approach, the song "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris is cited, as well as the drum part of the theme from the 1970s TV series "Hawaii Five-O." It succeeds in conveying the band's pacifist message while inciting headbanging in every respectable thrasher.

Tracklist
1. Surf Nicaragua
2. One Nation
3. War Pigs
4. Draining You Of Live
5. Ignorance
6. Death Squad