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░ ██ ██ Artist: Staryi Sklep ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Bez Kozhi █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-03-20 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Dark Front ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ I won't pretend to know Russian. But if I did, I █
█ might derive even more enjoyment from the █
█ sophomore effort of Staryi Sklep ('Old Vault'). As █
█ it stands, the album speaks another language to █
█ me: the language of the riff. Provided you aren't █
█ a poseur, you also speak this tongue. █
█ Yes, Bez Kozhi is an album full of old school █
█ thrashing energy, with a good mix of 80s Germanic █
█ and Californian influences. The tracks range from █
█ the fun and simple ("Paskudstvo" and "Zatknis'"), █
█ to the faster and intense ("Koronaciya duha" and █
█ "Nezrimyi vrag"), to the epic, plodding 9-minute █
█ title track. The material is certainly mosh fueled █
█ enough to get any band of 80s refugees with hi-top █
█ sneakers and cut-off denim jackets doing the █
█ circle mosh, in particular the slower thrashing █
█ rhythms which recall Anthrax, Exodus, or S.O.D. █
█ But there is an inject of mild technicality to █
█ some of the riffing which can also summon some █
█ Destruction or Kreator. █
█ The album also has a brazen, high quality █
█ production which is like an update for 80s thrash █
█ metal. All the instruments are insanely well █
█ balanced, from the popping drums to the thick bass █
█ as it creates the foundation for the thick yet █
█ crisp guitars. The leads are good if sloppy. █
█ Though I can't understand what Alexander Sorokin █
█ is barking, he does so in a forceful, manly voice █
█ that serves as additional percussion. Bez kozhi █
█ may not be at the level of a classic thrash album, █
█ though it sounds the part. The riffs are uniformly █
█ decent but not the kind you'll be visiting █
█ forever. Still, this is some of the better Russian █
█ thrash metal I've ever heard: aggressive and well █
█ versed in its influence. It also has a sense of █
█ humor. █
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░ 1. Paskudstvo 2:37 ░
░ 2. Sukiny Deti 3:51 ░
░ 3. Zheleznyi Chelovek 4:45 ░
░ 4. Koronaciya Duha 4:28 ░
░ 5. Nezrimyi Vrag 3:37 ░
░ 6. Zatknis' 1:11 ░
░ 7. Bez Kozhi 9:01 ░
░ 8. Suka pod Tvaryu 4:46 ░
░ 9. Moi Pohorony 6:49 ░
░ 10. Bat'ka Ataman 3:53 ░
░ 44:58 ░
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