It
took a
little longer than a year for this band hailing from Finland to release
their second album. Their debut album 'Fast Loud Death' was an average thrash
metal album with nothing we haven't heard before. On this second album you hear that
the band has grown and matured, but their music is still far from original. The
execution however is good and the average thrash metal fan will lick their fingers
listening to this album.
Influences of the known eighties thrash metal bands lay on top. Just listen to the
song "Lethal Pleasure" where the riff could have been borowed from the first
Metallica album. It is a feast of recognition, influences of Metallica,
Overkill, Exodus and Anthrax are used to play their version of the Bay Area
thrash style. Galloping riffs, shredding soli, gang shouts and songs in high
tempi. Add the aggressive, shouting singing style of Samy Elbanna and the puzzle
falls together.
Together with bands like Fueled By Fire, Municipal Waste, Evile and Gama Bomb
they form the new generation of thrash metal. This album isn't better or worse than
what these other bands play, just nice music to create a mosh pit and that's
about it.
