Old school or new school thrash? It is the best of both worlds, so I just call it high school thrash. Pitchblack takes you by the balls after a few seconds, when "Replacing God" starts. Up-tempo polka beats, huge thrash riffs and groovy parts is what they serve. Singer Daniel has an aggressive singing style, sometimes a bit too much hardcore sounding in my opinion, but that's just a matter of taste.
Off course riffs pass by that make you think of several big thrash combo's from around the world, but Pitchblack is able to combine this in a way, so that it never sounds unoriginal or boring. The up-tempo thrash with breakdowns, nice guitar solos and grooving parts is well performed and Tue Madsen gave it a good sound. The only song they could have skipped is "One Day we’ll break 'em". A slow track that doesn't impress me. Fortunately this is the only failure, next track "Bandido" is again a fast thrash rage. The first groovy tunes of "The Siren Song" even reminded me of something Cavalera could have written. I think you get the picture: this CD has enough variation.
This second album of Danish thrash act Pitchblack has made it clear that good thrash is not only made in the US or Germany. A nice groovy combination of the older stuff and the more modern thrash. Recommendable to old and new school thrashers!
