Engraved over the band's logo are the words “East Coast Thrash,” and that's a good and substantial starting point with this band of brash brothers, brothers who are pros and have picked their instruments of violence wisely. Speed Kill Hate is the brainchild of Dave Linsk. Having latched upon an infectious strain of time-straddled death thrash metal. But the core of the band's debut, Acts Of Insanity, begins with guitarist Linsk's drive to make songs come alive that could not be accepted under the auspices of his other band Overkill.

There have always been some problems in breaking into that band's songwriting circle, but one must also surmise that the blasted Acts Of Insanity tracks were almost too potent and aggressive for that band's current musical direction. Indeed, Speed Kill Hate churn an earthy, no-nonsense fastback thrash that enigmatically grabs the best from the old school while adding production edge from the new.

Speed Kill Hate's style definitely fits in with the thrash community, but at the same time trying to do something a little different. Bridging the old with the new and adding in some death elements into the mix. Some people actually are saying,these guys have started up something new called thrashcore.But one of the most impressive elements concerning Acts Of Insanity is its tight but evident versatility, the album sequenced for maximum headbanging blood-rushed playability, the band's obvious wealth of experience serving to make the record ebb and flow while still remaining uncompromising and harsh.

Turns out that fan reaction has affirmed this stated sentiment, that a profusion of compositions spill forth when folks are surveyed for their faves. “Absolutely, everybody has a different opinion,” says Dave. “It depends on what style of music you really like best. If you're the straight-up old school thrash metal kind of guy, something like ‘Walls Of Hate' seems to hit home with a lot of people. If you are more of a Slayer kind of guy, more up-tempo, maybe something like ‘Face The Pain.' I personally like the song ‘Setting Me Off,' which is kind of a hybrid of both.

There's something different going on in each one that would have someone focus in on what they think is the best one. But then again you do hear that people like the ‘Violence Breeds' quite often. Still, it's kind of strange to not hear the same song come out every time.” Indeed, “Face The Pain” itself is a microcosm of the album as a whole – the band's grooves are there, as well as the technicality and a cogent hardcore punk vibe.

“Setting Me Off” chugs briskly like classic mosh-mad Anthrax, while “Won't See Fear” mixes powerful militaristic half-time beats with chord washes and locked-down rhythm guitar thunder. “Violence Breeds” again stomps the sweet spot between hardcore and old school thrash, with a killer collapse into the album's most anthemic moment, Mario barking “Hey, are you ready?” to a merciless machine gun riff ‘n' rhythm from Dave.

There's something different going on in each one that would have someone focus in on what they think is the best one. But then again you do hear that people like the ‘Violence Breeds' quite often. Still, it's kind of strange to not hear the same song come out every time.” Indeed, “Face The Pain” itself is a microcosm of the album as a whole – the band's grooves are there, as well as the technicality and a cogent hardcore punk vibe. “Setting Me Off” chugs briskly like classic mosh-mad Anthrax, while “Won't See Fear” mixes powerful militaristic half-time beats with chord washes and locked-down rhythm guitar thunder.

“Violence Breeds” again stomps the sweet spot between hardcore and old school thrash, with a killer collapse into the album's most anthemic moment, Mario barking “Hey, are you ready?” to a merciless machine gun riff ‘n' rhythm from Dave.

Mario's razor lined bark serves as the perfect adjunct – even an anchor – to the noticeably spontaneous and fired-up performance boiling and roiling behind him. Dave agrees that there was a certain magic to the mayhem enclosed. “We actually did this record rather fast, and at one point even thought of going back and re-doing it again. But there was some kind of… let's just call it hunger, in what went down. We wanted to leave that as it was rather than going for generic and stale cut-and-paste recording ideas. It was all done straight-up on-the-fly.” And note with caution, this is a band on the move. Dave wants to emphasize that this is no project band – '06 included touring and amidst the carnage, the release of a second Speed Kill Hate album is in the midst.

“We want this to escalate quickly and go as far as it can,” says Linsk in closing. “There have been some necessary changes . Tony Ochoa formerly of the band Sindrome has replaced Tim Mallare, who has since retired from the music industry. Tony's playing brings a new sense of brutality to the band as he manages to step things up a notch or two. BOB BARNACK , Mario`s replacement packs a much more diverse vocal style while still retaining all of the qualities that were set fourth by Frasca. And finally ex-Ripping Corpse bassist Dave Bizzigotti whose reputation needs no explanation has replaced Derek and brings the glue necessary for keeping the recklessness together

For our next record, there will be all the same elements, but it will be quite a bit heavier. There will be some stuff that is faster and really articulate. This is one of the things that we're doing with the drum switch right now. We're not looking to get anything less than what we had before. In fact, we're looking to get something that is a bit more extreme and we have achieved that with the new lineup. We definitely have a focus on what we want to be. Speed Kill Hate is not some project band at all.