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░ ██ ██ Artist: Mass Hypnosia ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Toxiferous Cyanide █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-12-22 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Ragnar÷k Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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░█ █░ ▀
█ Mass Hypnosia, a trio out of San Mateo, Rizal, has █
█ been around since 2009 and have already got a █
█ couple of split releases and one full-length █
█ studio album (titled Attempt to Assassinate, in █
█ 2010) out. Toxiferous Cyanide is the band's second █
█ one, and man, do they kick ass! It depends, of █
█ course, on how you look at things, but if early █
█ KREATOR, early SADUS, and BLOOD FEAST are those █
█ names that have always set a fire under your butt, █
█ then look no further. On this album, the trio █
█ churns out a ferocious set of malicious, raw, █
█ filthy, and merciless sounding thrash metal that █
█ definitely leaves no one cold. The band's vocalist █
█ and guitarist Karl Rosales sounds deceptively like █
█ ex-vocalist Gary Markovitch from New Jersey's own █
█ Thrash heroes BLOOD FEAST. █
█ Mass Hypnosia seem to understand what it takes to █
█ really make pretty impressive and ear-burning █
█ Thrash. There's nothing not to like here, █
█ especially if you like your Thrash Metal █
█ aggressive, face-melting, dangerous, and churned █
█ out with a true "thrash-till-death" attitude. MASS █
█ HYPNOSIA reek of thrash metal with their every █
█ cell. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ Toxiferous Cyanide is the second full-length █
█ record from the Filipino death/thrash metal trio, █
█ Mass Hypnosia. The album came out last December █
█ 2016 under the banner of Germany's Ragnarok █
█ Records. Now, if you people had been following my █
█ reviews, you might recall that I also reviewed the █
█ band's debut album and their 2013 split with █
█ another Filipino extreme metal band, Sadistor. █
█ Basing on the introductions of my previous reviews █
█ of the band's materials, I am pretty sure that you █
█ guys already know what to expect with this latest █
█ offering. █
█ Mass Hypnosia continues to deliver more superior █
█ death/thrash metal tunes with this latest release, █
█ as the band had produced yet again another vile █
█ and malevolent album that totally slays all the █
█ audiences who dare listen to Toxiferous Cyanide. █
█ The album opens up with a killer track called █
█ 'Heres the Knife' which holds loads of fucking █
█ fatal guitar riffages, blistering drum work, and █
█ demonic vocal delivery. The last track, which is █
█ an instrumental called 'Unbound', is also a █
█ perfect denouement to end a top-tier album. Let █
█ the music consume you while the trio showcases █
█ their skills in handling their respective weapons █
█ as they glide their brilliance through 3 minutes █
█ and 43 seconds long of an outro. █
█ Right from the starting tune up until the last █
█ anthem, the band inflicts total chaos that''ll █
█ make the fans bang their heads, do air guitars, █
█ and start a fucking circle pit. Most of the songs █
█ here were previously included in the bands early █
█ demo and split albums, but that doesn't mean that █
█ those tracks are dilapidated. Each of the tracks █
█ hold fast and chaotic guitar proficiency, █
█ top-notch drumming which utterly add some █
█ heaviness and speed in the materials at just the █
█ right time, and all of them were composed █
█ brilliantly. █
█ As for the new tunes like 'Terror Panic', and █
█ 'Bullet Face'; you can still easily hear the █
█ Possessed, early Kreator, and old Sepultura █
█ influence -- added with a high dosage of █
█ Hellhammer sound -- of the band which shows that █
█ Mass Hypnosia are still true to their roots. The █
█ mixing and the production of the record is also █
█ perfect, as it elevates all the instruments █
█ handled by the band and it imparts a lot of power █
█ to the guitars in their distorted tonality. █
█ Listeners can really enjoy the essence of the █
█ guitar distortions used here, as it destroys █
█ anything on its way. Man, that classic late █
█ 80s/early 90s raw and hammering sound is █
█ thoroughly existing in this offering. █
█ The song structure of the materials are also █
█ incredible. They are catchy in their own little █
█ way and they were all perfectly composed. The █
█ handful of solos which are present in each song █
█ are really crucial and shredded. Another thing █
█ that I love about the record is the cover art. █
█ It's simply straight-out forthright. Just by █
█ looking at it, the audiences already know that the █
█ trio is going to annihilate them with furious and █
█ scorching death/thrash metal music. It's basically █
█ telling us that we occasionally judge a metal █
█ record by it's album cover. █
█ Entirely, Toxiferous Cyanide is a pretty solid █
█ slab of a sophomore full-length. This only █
█ solidifies the band's already superb status in the █
█ extreme metal scene. I highly recommend this █
█ record to all those who love both death and thrash █
█ metal. █
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░ 1. Heres the Knife 5:35 ░
░ 2. Terror Panic 2:45 ░
░ 3. Bullet Face 3:28 ░
░ 4. Krucifier 3:49 ░
░ 5. Stigmata 4:51 ░
░ 6. No Mercy for Victory 6:24 ░
░ 7. Evil Awakes 5:46 ░
░ 8. Toxiferous Cyanide 5:04 ░
░ 9. Unbound - Outro 3:42 ░
░ 41:24 ░
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