TOP GIFTS FOR A THRASHER THIS EXMAZ

If you're going out with someone who knows who razor are, or are the brother of an acid reign fan, you have probably exhausted "normal" thrash gifts over the years of begrudged gift-giving. Imagine their sad face when they receive yet another copy of the terminator box set, or "best" of Megadeth CD. Not this year! G-max til' fury St. are here to help.


1 RARE ALBUM.

Thrash metal fans like crap things, and the rarer the crap thing the more class it is. If your intended victim has all the exodus albums already, even the crap ones (as in crap not good) then its time to dig deeper into the vaults and get him (it IS a him) an Atomkraft album. Future warriors is a surefire winner. Only a few thousand were ever printed and the album sounds awful. Bingo!



2 "INSPIRATIONAL" BOOK

All thrash metal fans have dreams of following in their heroes' foot steps, so to write that thrash metal classic they will need inspiration. Best bet is to get down the bargain bins and look for a guy n smith novel (he of Dark Place fame) about rocks coming to life, of ants becoming telekinetic. Another good one is to find a good book on flying saucers from the 70s, as a more modern one will make sense.

3 TOUR T-SHIRT FROM THE 80'S
Having cool tour shirts is a must for thrashers. If you don't have an Unstoppable Force tour shirt, you don't like agent steel. In places like Germany there is bitter rivalry about shirt collections often ending in maddening violence – THAT'S how cool they are. Spending £10 on a 2006 Megadeth tour t-shirt is like spitting on a thrashers face. Getting the 1986 shirt on the right could cost up to $250, so get saving.



4 "GET THRASHED" ON DVD
This movie has been in the making for 4 years and is a thrasher's wet dream. It has it all(well, no john cyriis); Dave mustaine being cocky, Kerry king being a dick and everything you'd expect from a 4 hour look at the history of thrash metal. At around £10 its dead on value too, only problem is you have to hear what Kittie think(!) about thrash. Rad! (ed- Joe gets backhander from film makers).



5 SILVER BULLET BELT
Amazing coolness surrounds those who have them, suicidal yearning engulfs those who want them: silver bullet belts. Everyone knows how cool and must-have bullet belts are for thrashers, its part of the deal. Owning the silver or chrome variant is like putting on the power loader from aliens. Better than normal legs.


Joe