Album Review: Misfire – Sympathy For The Ignorant (MNRK Heavy)

American thrash trio and recent MNRK Heavy signees Misfire will release their Sympathy for The Ignorant debut full-length on the 1st of April 2022.

That’s not a mistake. The date of release. This is a 2022 release. Even if the thrash-attack that Misfire lay out sounds like it came from a few decades before. Take that for what it is. This is an upfront blast of old-school thrash heaviness that will make you gurn, grit your teeth and go searching for that bullet belt you once wore.

Only a fool would complain about the old-school sound this album has, after all, thrash is undying and provided it’s delivered with aplomb, it’s always going to drive a wild bout of head-banging. Which is exactly what we get with Sympathy for the Ignorant. Ten tracks of frantic and furious heavy head-bangers that sneers at the idea of any other kind of metal music. Thrash is what thrash does and this is a great modern example of it.

Highlights? The bone-crunching opening track that is Fractured. With its drawn-out intro that focuses on building up the thrashy goodness before unleashing pandemonium. The classic ‘Slayer-esqe’ Skin of Mirrors that spits fire, the brash and in your face heaviness of No Offense, and the blistering, scorching and circle-pit behemoth that is R.I.P.

That’s just a handful, but be assured that every track on this album dishes out a beating. Regardless of the decades, thrash continues to hit hard and Misfire just happen to put a piece of glass between their knuckles before delivering their blows.

Misfire – Sympathy for the Ignorant Full Track Listing:

1. Fractured
2. Red Flag
3. War of Mine
4. Skin of Mirrors
5. Death Trap
6. No Offense
7. R.I.P.
8. He Said, She Said
9. L.Y.S.
10. Sympathy for The Ignorant

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