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Date: 2018-08-06 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Overdrive ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ OH MY! Why in the world did this album, this band █ █ for that matter, not become huge?! This is heavy, █ █ pounding thrash of the highest order! The riffs, █ █ while fairly simple, are incredibly well done and █ █ very consistent throughout the whole album. The █ █ solos are all played well with plenty of shred, █ █ and a bit of harmony leads mixed in to add flavor. █ █ The bass can be heard absolutely pounding along █ █ giving the music loads of force. The drumming is █ █ flat out crushing in itÆs mix of double bass █ █ assaults, cymbal crashes, blazing snare work and █ █ awesome fills. The vocalist is a wonderful █ █ highlight. He has one of those high pitched voices █ █ that go so well with thrash. His lyrics range from █ █ insanity, to pollution on to rage against █ █ censorship. Well thought out, not just spewing █ █ angst and fury. This band is very tight in their █ █ execution and focused in the delivery. And deliver █ █ they do! █ █ Hatred At First sight just blisters as the opener! █ █ A sonic assault that never lets up. Blazing riffs █ █ and speedy drum work make this the perfect track █ █ to start off with. It grabs you by the neck and █ █ proceeds to throttle you into submission. Juicy █ █ little solo in the there. █ █ Prepare yourself for a beating with the next █ █ track, Near Death. ItÆs a mid-paced song that █ █ stomps a mud hole in your speakers. The riffs are █ █ a slow and crushing, the drum work is punishing, █ █ the bass pounds out loud and the vocals are █ █ snarled out with loads of rage. ACCIDENT! █ █ INTENSIVE CARE! NEAR DEATH, STILL AWARE! Gotta █ █ love it! Oh, and there is a nice thrash break █ █ towards the end of the song. █ █ Remember Me comes along next. A bit faster than █ █ the previous track, it too is a heavy piece. Nice █ █ bit of thrashing thrown in at the chorus. The █ █ riffs in this song could flatten a truck! There is █ █ a wonderful bit of acoustic work in the middle of █ █ the song. █ █ Backwards comes out swinging with some pummeling █ █ riffs and pounding drums. This track rages against █ █ those saying bands have ôhidden messagesö in their █ █ music. And what a way to rage, might I add! Man, █ █ these guys can put a hook in a song. █ █ Now we come to one of my personal favorites on the █ █ album. Easier To Lie is a ripping piece of thrash. █ █ Excellent riffs and precision drums, thumping bass █ █ and forceful vocals make this one powerful song. █ █ Love the lyric ôListen you old fool, this has gone █ █ far enough!ö ItÆs just spit out with such force █ █ and aggression, it could get the blood pumping in █ █ a corpse! The execution is just amazing. Wonderful █ █ lead work as well. █ █ Alter Ego is another heavy stomp-fest. It opens █ █ with some roaring, chainsaw riffs. Another one of █ █ those tracks that just beats you into submission. █ █ Soaring vocals highlight this one. Man, I canÆt █ █ get enough of this! █ █ One could be fooled by the beginning on Kicked █ █ From Both Sides. There is almost a bouncy feel to █ █ the first little bit before the band begin the █ █ thumping. DonÆt let it fool you, this is another █ █ pounding effort! It has a cool thrash break for █ █ the chorus. The intro is somewhat repeated towards █ █ the middle, but it is much more biting and loses █ █ that odd bounce it seemed to have at the █ █ beginning. ItÆs followed by a tasty little bit of █ █ shred. █ █ Greater Cause is, IMO, the weakest track here. █ █ DonÆt get me wrong, itÆs not bad by ANY stretch, █ █ itÆs just not as heavy, or catchy as everything █ █ else. ItÆs no filler though. Just takes a bit of █ █ getting used to. The vocals are slightly more █ █ melodic here as well. It starts off with some █ █ acoustic work then has a bit of heavy riff work. █ █ It has a pretty cool spoken word bit before the █ █ vocalist begins. Pretty good thrash break in the █ █ middle. Like I said, it isnÆt filler! █ █ Closing out the album on a thrashing note, we get █ █ Forgive Us. A heavy track that seeks to punish █ █ everything and everyone in itÆs way. This one just █ █ rips! █ █ This is just an excellent album in all aspects. I █ █ suppose the fact that they were on a smaller label █ █ in Europe is the reason they didnÆt break out █ █ huge. This album is incredibly hard to find, but █ █ if you do, pick it up! It is MORE than worth it. █ █ Fans of thrash are doing themselves a huge █ █ injustice by not owning this one. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Hatred at First Sight 4:39 ░ ░ 2. Near Death 6:39 ░ ░ 3. Remember Me 5:27 ░ ░ 4. Backwards 5:02 ░ ░ 5. Easier to Lie 6:45 ░ ░ 6. Alter Ego 5:41 ░ ░ 7. Kicked from Both Sides 5:11 ░ ░ 8. Greater Cause 5:48 ░ ░ 9. 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