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Artist : Vi÷lence
Album : Mot÷rDemon
Genre : Thrash Metal
Year : 2018
Label : N/A
Cat# : N/A
Source : WEB/MP3
Bitrate : 320kbps
Size : 53,34 MB
Runtime : 23:16
URL : https://violence666.bandcamp.com/album/mot-rdemon
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01. Ritual of the G÷at 03:38
02. Chained Up 03:55
03. L.S.D (Leather, Sex, Death) 02:48
04. W÷rship at Midnight 06:02
05. Mot÷rDemon 03:56
06. Lords of Sleaze (bonus) 02:57
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Vi÷lence is a one-man black/speed outfit out of Australia that
rips through the 20-minute debut EP Mot÷rDemon with the
ferocity of a banshee from hell strung out on whiskey, BDSM,
and Gehennah records. Going in, it's obvious there's not going
to be much groundbreaking going on; black/speed can be a far
more limiting style than it's thrashier cousin. Mot÷rDemon
doesn't try to do anything new, instead each track can be seen
as a different study in the influences of creator Dylan
Potter.
After a brief intro, the EP kicks off with "Ritual of the
Goat," a palm-muted, engine-stroking burner that brings to
mind the guitar style of Razor's Dave Carlo. The vocals were
one of the first things to hook me in: from the off-time,
rabid delivery of the verse to the almost cracking wail in the
chorus, Potter is giving it his all. "Chained Up" loses the
palm mutes for a punkier, d-beat fueled belter that explodes
with double-kick afterburners for one of my favorite tracks on
the EP. With no time wasted, "L.S.D. (Leather, Sex, Death)"
builds off a few tweaks of the "Painkiller" riff, and with
Potter's vocal delivery, creates a blackened S&M anthem that
could give Midnight a run for their money. Nowhere is a Venom
presence felt more than on "Worship At Midnight": a full-
throttle blasphemy that rallies the hordes of evil from their
barstools and into a heathen celebration of sin and
destruction. The EP comes to a close with an obvious nod to
Mot÷rhead. With the swagger of rock'n'roll and the sneer of
punk, "Mot÷rDemon" drives home the point Vi÷lence has been
preaching since the first chords kicked in: speed metal
fucking rules.
Mot÷rDemon is everything I want out of a power EP. Concise
(minus the intro, but it's fitting and less than a minute),
energetic, and consistent throughout, Mot÷rDemon is a passion
project and it shows. Sure, Vi÷lence aren't exactly breaking
the mold here, and really don't need to. The spirit of
Mot÷rhead lives: just good, fast, rock'n'roll heavy metal
(with more Satan, and kind of a thing for asphyxiation).
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