EPK – Mutank- Think Before You Think (2024) (Boonsdale Records)
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Band: MUTANK
Album Title: Think Before You Think
Release Date: November 29, 2024
Label: Boonsdale Records
Highlight: #2 â Canadian National Loud Chart â August 2017 â Top 20 Loud (Earshot)
âthey play good-natured thrash a la Overkill and Exodus⦠perfectly serviceable and enjoyable, definitely more effective when they are playing fast.â â Decibel Mag
“Based out of (arguably) the metal hub of the nation, Montreal, Mutank are a ferocious and frenzied crossover-thrash band that infect its listener with an ear worm that no amount of Michael Buble ballads can remedy. The 2014 winners of the Wacken Metal Battle Canada contest have churned out consistently crushing thrash riffs for years and have all the tools and check off all the required boxes to make a major play in the global metal market. For first time listeners, check out “Corporate Child” from their 2014 album M.E.C.H. Metal and the pulverizing headbanger “D.E.A.T.H.” from their 2017 EP W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T” – Metal Injection
âMUTANK is like a Coffee Crisp bar: crunchy as hell, and without any gooey center.â â Bucket List Music Reviews
“They have a lot of thrashing songs that have abbreviated titles, and they kick some serious ass with their old school music and hardcore attitude.” – The Headbanging Moose
“Mutank have gotten creative with each song on the album, by coming up acronyms to fit the title of the album, they describe their sound as a âT-rex skateboarding down a volcanoâ. If your a fan of old school Overkill, Megadeath or Exodus or if you just want a fast and thrash album check it out” – Canadian Beats
“âW.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.â is one of those records that you seem a band jamming out in their garage and eventually an audience just gathers because their thrash, punk, and a bit of tongue-in-cheek causes the listener to pay attention to what Mutank has to say.” – MUEN Mag
“Fast riffs, Heavy tempos crazy yelling.. its got all youâve asked for. A mix of Suicidal Tendencies Punk/Thrash debut, Nuclear Assault fast moshing killer speed assaultâ¦a great funny and entertaining mini album for all beer drinkers fans of Tankard and ready to get into the moshpit 100/100.” – The Metal Mag
“grab you battlejack, studs and spandex trousers and feel like you are back in 1985.” – Lords of Metal
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Band: MUTANK
Album Title: Think Before You Think
Release Date: November 29, 2024
Label: Boonsdale Records
Track Listing:
1. Illuminatus – 6:14
2. Payback – 5:24
3. All Against All – 4:43
4. Channel Change – 5:11
5. Bad Magnitude – 5:30
6. Abortron – 3:37
7. Groundbreaker – 2:08
8. Metalheads For Hire – 5:37
9. Running Reds – 6:27
10. Thrash Primordial – 4:40
Album Length: 49:38
Album Credits:
All songs performed by MUTANK
All songs written by MUTANK
Produced and Mixed by: Olivier St-Pierre and MUTANK
Mastered by: Tony Colgan and Stephen Reynolds
Album Artwork by: Stephen Reynolds
Album Band Line Up: Â
Stephen Reynolds – Bass and Vocals
Ahmed Saad – Drums
Costa Skoulikas – Guitar
Chris Nascimben – Guitar
Song Credits
1. Illuminatus – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas
2. Payback – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas, Steven Been
3. All Against All – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas, Chris Nascimben
4. Channel Change – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas
5. Bad Magnitude – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas, Chris Nascimben
6. Abortron – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas
7. Groundbreaker – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas
8. Metalheads For Hire – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas
9. Running Reds – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas, Steven Breen
10. Thrash Primordial – Stephen Reynolds, Ahmed Saad, Costa Skoulikas
Live line-up:
Stephen Reynolds – Vocals/Bass
Ahmed Saad – Drums
Costa Skoulikas – Guitar
Left to Right: Ahmed Saad (Drums), Stephen Reynolds (Bass, Vocals), Costa Skoulikas (Guitar), Chris Nascimben (Guitar)
Photo Credit – Kat Dydyk
Canadian thrash maniacs MUTANK return with their newest collection of bangers and first taste of new neck-breaking tunes in seven years since releasing their mosh heavy EP “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” in 2017 via Boonsdale Records.
Entitled “Think Before You Think” will be released once again on Boonsdale Records on November 29th, 2024, and features ten volcanic thrash tracks to blaze a new path to jackhammer a pure audio assault. Live favourites such as “Running Reds”, “Abortron”, and “Thrash Primordial” are sure to please die-hard fans for easy repeat listens.
Vocalist/bassist Stephen Reynolds comments:
“We want this album to energize people and make them feel the way we do when we listen to some of our favourite artists. This album is the most material we have ever put out! 50 minutes of pure metal across 10 tracks. The songs really picked themselves as we kept writing tracks we really enjoyed playing.â
With a passion for classic thrash and a desire to play radical riffs, MUTANK made a deservedly big splash on the Canadian metal scene with their debut EP “M.E.C.H METAL” and a performance at Wacken Open Air after being declared champions of the 2014 Wacken Metal Battle Canada competition.
With their distinctive sound, the band moved forward in 2017, touring across Canada supporting ANNIHILATOR alongside Australia’s MASON in support of their EP “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T” (Boonsdale Records). Metal Injection also named the band “1 of 8 Hidden Gems in Canadian Metal You Need To Know” (Read here).
2024 will be a tour de force for MUTANK with the launch of “Think Before You Think”. Fans of D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, Havok, Megadeth, Overkill, and Exodus are sure to join them in the pit when it releases on November 29th, 2024 on Boonsdale Records.
2024 – Think Before You Think – LP
2017 – W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T. – EP
2014 – M.E.C.H. Metal – LP
Shared stage with:
Annihilator, D.B.C., Dayglo Abortions, Skull-Fist, Lich King, Entropy, Mason, Screamer, Fatality, Warsenal
Tours/Festivals:
2017 – Main support on Annihilator tour – Canada
2014 – Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany
