▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Ultimate Holocaust ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Assault on the Control Room █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2018 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-05-16 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: DeathStorm Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ ôAssault On The Control Roomö is the brand new and █ █ second album from Italian thrash metal band █ █ Ultimate Holocaust, born from an idea of Bianchi █ █ (ex-Ancient Dome, ex-Crazy Slaughter), Tambo (Soul █ █ Rape, ex-Crazy Slaughter) and Floyd (The █ █ Killerfreaks, ex-Crazy Slaughter). It comes 3 █ █ years after their first effort, ôBlackmail The █ █ Nationö, out in 2015 for Earthquake Terror Noise. █ █ Exploring the Italian underground metal movement █ █ since 2010, actually a quartet with Five (The █ █ Killerfreaks) as new entry on rhythm guitar, █ █ Ultimate Holocaust is able to mix a pure teutonic █ █ assault with a lot of melodies, a killer mixture █ █ well explained by the 10 songs contained in █ █ ôAssault On The Control Roomö, be ready to get █ █ thrashed! █ █ █ █ --- █ █ █ █ "Assault on the Control Room" is the 2nd album █ █ from Italian thrash metal band ULTIMATE HOLOCAUST █ █ just released in May of 2018. Formed in 2010 and █ █ releasing their debut "Blackmail the Nation" in █ █ 2015. The sound hasn't matured too much. it's full █ █ of old-school thrash riffs and audio production to █ █ match. The vocalist does have an interesting tone. █ █ Close to KREATOR era "Please to Kill." Musically, █ █ sometimes similar to old EXODUS. Plenty of █ █ one-note riffs holding off straight power chords █ █ and the drums keep time and never really accent on █ █ their own. That about sums up the first track, █ █ "Man vs Machine." █ █ "Trapped In Quicksand" gets a little more █ █ impressive with the guitar riff that doesn't █ █ require double bass triplets, but hey ok. It did █ █ add a dynamic that kinda made it available to go █ █ whatever way you wanted to take it. The guitar █ █ tone is not beefy at all. It sounds restrained and █ █ very thin. The lead during the song was an obvious █ █ punch in as the volume changed drastically and it █ █ just stuck out like a bad overdub. I saw the █ █ reviews for the debut, and most stated ULTIMATE █ █ HOLOCAUST has potential. I agree I am hearing some █ █ cool things and some not so cool things that could █ █ easily be corrected by practicing. There are █ █ moments where everything sounds well thought out █ █ and very deliberate. Then there are others that █ █ seem sloppy and thrown together. █ █ "In the Heart of Illusion" the quality was ok, I █ █ loved the direction. Referencing the main riff █ █ from "Call of Ktulu" (METALLICA) the song begins █ █ with what seems like possibly the guitarists baby. █ █ Ya know the one track that is your passion. There █ █ is some great structure and the acoustic parts are █ █ softly haunting and when the electric joins in the █ █ mix its blended great. The whispered snarls of █ █ spoken word creep as it should. This is the most █ █ melodic offering on the album and it's honestly █ █ the bands strongest effort. If every song on █ █ "Assault on the Control Room" was prepared, █ █ delivered, and mixed like this the album would be █ █ a surefire success. █ █ It's thrash minus a lot of speed, although there █ █ is some, there is not as much as you'd expect. The █ █ melodic stuff was just so good and the thrash █ █ stuff was so monotonous and is about 20 years too █ █ late. Keep at it guys, there is still something █ █ seriously potential going on. Sound quality. On PC █ █ headphones I thought it would help the sound. █ █ Nope. In the car. The mids took over and ended up █ █ bottoming out. The guitar was so thin it was █ █ buried. The ability to mix and render in stereo █ █ sound is great, but the tone and mix are just █ █ missing some minor adjustments that could've █ █ brought out some real shine for these guys. Rather █ █ than split channels on a guitar, why not layer it █ █ and thicken it up. Pan the hats to the left and █ █ give some room to the other sounds on the right. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Born Like a Man, Die Like a Number 5:39 ░ ░ 2. Man vs Machine 4:59 ░ ░ 3. Lost in the Island of Replication 3:33 ░ ░ 4. Trapped in Quicksand 3:55 ░ ░ 5. Impaled 1:26 ░ ░ 6. Liliana 3:38 ░ ░ 7. In the Heart of Illusion 3:02 ░ ░ 8. Sound of Death 3:38 ░ ░ 9. Assault on the Control Room 5:15 ░ ░ 10. 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