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░ ██ ██ Artist: Territory ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Curse █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2014-10-04 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Sleaszy Rider Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ While the only knowledge I have of Uruguay is of █
█ some football heroes, I was quite surprised to █
█ find that there exists such talented bands as █
█ TERRITORY. Formed in 2008, æThe CurseÆ is their █
█ 2nd full length album and it clearly shows █
█ maturity all throughout the album. █
█ The album goes full throttle right from the 1st █
█ song ôFirst Bloodö and IÆm impressed from the █
█ beginning as TERRITORY blasts some heavy Thrash █
█ with thick riffs by Marth and the Ozzy style █
█ screaming vocals by Jason really working wonders █
█ for the band, of course the vocals here are much █
█ louder and nastier than that of OzzyÆs. ItÆs the █
█ heavy bass of Doddy combined with the heavy █
█ distortion filled guitars and fast paced blast █
█ beats that makes æThe CurseÆ such an intimidating █
█ album. Each and every song comes at you like a █
█ fast paced train crushing you in pieces with every █
█ song. The free flowing form of the music is highly █
█ commendable and elevates the album to whole new █
█ level. While there are moments of mid tempo groovy █
█ riffs like in the brilliantly composed ô1984ö, the █
█ album usually moves along high tempo riffs. The █
█ occasional solos only impressed me on multiple █
█ listening and took some time for me to appreciate. █
█ ôSacred Fieldö depends largely on tempo shifts to █
█ bring in the variety and the groovy riffs. ôLow █
█ Tensionö pleasantly surprised me with its crying █
█ vocals and thick mid tempo riffs and treading more █
█ on the lines of Hard Rock and I have to confess I █
█ have never heard such raw sounding amazing song in █
█ a long time and this has to be the most impressive █
█ song of the album. The album ends with a fast █
█ paced ôTTYö, another impressive song to finish of █
█ an excellent album, where after 3:30 min the music █
█ completely stops and after a long pause (at this █
█ point I thought the song was over along with the █
█ album) at 4:09 the listener is introduced to some █
█ atmospheric drone with soothing piano work for the █
█ next 2 minutes. IÆm not sure if that last █
█ atmospheric part was really necessary, but as a █
█ whole this is great Thrash album, and the only █
█ critic I have with this is the Rhythm guitars are █
█ sometimes wrongly placed, but otherwise worth your █
█ 31 minutes. █
█ The band is reminiscent of many legends of the █
█ Thrash genre, but has enough pedigree to make a █
█ niche for itself. Since their debut album ôKiller █
█ Instinctö, the band has come a long way and I █
█ expect ôThe Curseö to make people stand up and █
█ take notice of the band and the UruguayÆs metal █
█ scene in general. The albumÆs production is kept █
█ slightly raw and works just fine and I expect more █
█ albums in regular frequency by these talented █
█ Thrashers. █
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░ 1. First Blood 3:44 ░
░ 2. Die 3:22 ░
░ 3. The Curse 4:26 ░
░ 4. Moshulu 4:06 ░
░ 5. 1984 3:01 ░
░ 6. Sacred Field 3:13 ░
░ 7. Low Tension 3:07 ░
░ 8. TTY 6:02 ░
░ 31:01 ░
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