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The second album from this UK based thrash combo. After this years' 3-track EP, it is once more time for a full length. 6 new tracks, 2 which were already on the EP ("My Own Enemy" and "Prisoner of Tomorrow") and a short intro is what we get. For die-hard fans not really enough, a few more new songs would have been welcome. Vocalist Neil Stevens voice is one you either like or hate. I am not really fond of his growls and snarls, not enough variation and expression in his voice. The music is quite good, but with the vocals on top I don't get overly excited. Their mix of thrash, twin guitar solo's the UK way and a big portion of Priest is not enough to compensate. You can certainly hear that Iron Maiden is a band they like too. The tempo of the tracks is rather high and they add lots of melody to stay interesting. During one of the tracks I thought about a band called Zoetrope; the combination of Steve's voice and the music made me (think of them). In the UK they are very excited about this band, but I am a little less exited than they are. Absolutely not a bad album, but for me just a plain average melodic thrash album. Perhaps visiting the classic thrash-fest yesterday (Sepultura, Exodus, Destruction, Heathen and Mortal Sin) did make me a little more critical on new school thrash. | ||||||||||||||||||
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