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░ ██ ██ Artist: Vulture ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Easier to Lie █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 1992 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-08-06 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Overdrive ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ 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. █
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░ 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. Forgive Us 4:20 ░
░ 49:32 ░
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