{"id":2976,"date":"1986-04-01T00:00:45","date_gmt":"1986-04-01T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2012-01-16T17:53:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:53:47","slug":"demo-review-defcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-defcon\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFCON – Demo (1986) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFCON<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nDefcon (1986)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Defcon feature ex-Metallica guitarist Lloyd Grant, and a real talent he is too. The band\u2019s five-track demo is dominated by Grant\u2019s excellent axework with a dazzling display of intense riffing and frenzied fretwork technique.<\/p>\n

Thrash metal without the normal punk overtones is probably the best way to describe Defcon\u2019s intense mayhem, as the likes of \u2018Red Light\u2019, \u2018Descenders From Hell\u2019 and the superb \u2018War Of The World\u2019 are all delivered in clinical fashion.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dungeon Of Evil\u2019 reminds me of early Metallica but with a little more melody, while \u2019Sniper\u2019 is a more restrained number; but just as lethal.<\/p>\n

Since this demo was recorded I understand that vocalist Chuck Trester and drummer Mike Pepin have departed, leaving Grant and bassist Steve Hallas who together first formed the band back in 1983. Replacements are imminent and it shouldn\u2019t be too long either before Defcon secure a record deal.<\/p>\n

Bernard Doe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 17 (1986)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEFCON Defcon (1986) Defcon feature ex-Metallica guitarist Lloyd Grant, and a real talent he is too. The band\u2019s five-track demo is dominated by Grant\u2019s excellent axework with a dazzling display of intense riffing and frenzied fretwork technique. Thrash metal without the normal punk overtones is probably the best way to describe Defcon\u2019s intense mayhem, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defcon","category-demo-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3727,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/3727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}