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Genre :: Thrash Metal Source :: MCD . :: :: Label :: Black Hearts Records R.date :: 2024-11-22 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: BLACK119 S.date :: 2024-11-08 __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.100 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 268kbps :.. . Quality :: 44.1 kHz/Joint Stereo . . Size :: 65.11 MB . . . __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 1. Intro 1:07 :: :: 2. Nightspell 3:59 :: :: 3. Suicide Hell 4:17 :: :: 4. Shadow People 4:22 :: :: 5. Midnight Vampire 4:10 :: :: 6. Valley of Death 3:32 :: :: 7. Circles of Blood 4:46 :: :: 8. Blood Worship 5:45 :: :: :: :: :: :: ------- :: .. >> 31:58 .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: A keyboard intro accompanied by crows, horse gallop, squeaking :: :: rats and thunder opens the gate to Bolsonaro's palace, er the :: :: gates of the underworld. Afterwards, the Brazilians Speedkiller :: :: rumble away on "Midnight Vampire" quite savagely, the singer :: :: reminds of Mystifier at "Goetia" times, the music reminds of an :: :: ugly bastard of Venom, Mot÷rhead, old Sepultura, Sarcofago and :: :: Co. Quasi an even more antisocial version of Midnight. :: :: :: :: The band manages well to mix blunt thrashing with cool melodies :: :: and breaks. After the first track "Nightspell" really picks up :: :: speed, this can then state with astonishment. Especially when :: :: Speedkiller take their foot off the gas pedal and add melodies :: :: to their songs, they sound pretty convincing. "Shadow People" :: :: starts quite grooving in the mid-tempo area and reminds quite :: :: of old Sepultura ("Schizophrenia") or Massacre at "The Second :: :: Coming" times. Alone the somewhat crooked sounding guitars :: :: create a pretty nostalgic atmosphere. The song is definitely :: :: captivating in that it doesn't just rumble along, but manages :: :: to spread atmosphere. :: :: :: :: Speedkiller manage in the course of their EP to increase in :: :: terms of their songwriting skills after all. The pieces become :: :: much more melodic and catchy, so you can tell that the band is :: :: socializing musically more and more. "Midnight Vampire" is :: :: quite a chunk with its catchy riffs and melodic arrangements in :: :: the middle section, "Valley of Death" again sounds like a :: :: mixture of Venom and Mot÷rhead and "Circles of Blood" is :: :: undoubtedly the best song of the album, which starts off :: :: dragging but develops into a snotty song filled with cool :: :: riffs. :: :: :: :: The production is quite successful, it all sounds a bit :: :: muffled, but I'm assuming that the band wanted it that way. I :: :: also assume that the band didn't intend to create something :: :: completely new, but rather bow to the old school masters. If :: :: you like old school 80's death thrash spiced with Venom and a :: :: pinch of Mot÷rhead and can stand a few off-key tones in your :: :: dose of metal, you should definitely give Speedkiller an ear, :: :: you can't really go wrong. :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2024 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :