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░ ██ ██ Artist: Ultimate Holocaust ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Assault on the Control Room █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2018 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-05-16 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: DeathStorm Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ ôAssault On The Control Roomö is the brand new and █
█ second album from Italian thrash metal band █
█ Ultimate Holocaust, born from an idea of Bianchi █
█ (ex-Ancient Dome, ex-Crazy Slaughter), Tambo (Soul █
█ Rape, ex-Crazy Slaughter) and Floyd (The █
█ Killerfreaks, ex-Crazy Slaughter). It comes 3 █
█ years after their first effort, ôBlackmail The █
█ Nationö, out in 2015 for Earthquake Terror Noise. █
█ Exploring the Italian underground metal movement █
█ since 2010, actually a quartet with Five (The █
█ Killerfreaks) as new entry on rhythm guitar, █
█ Ultimate Holocaust is able to mix a pure teutonic █
█ assault with a lot of melodies, a killer mixture █
█ well explained by the 10 songs contained in █
█ ôAssault On The Control Roomö, be ready to get █
█ thrashed! █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ "Assault on the Control Room" is the 2nd album █
█ from Italian thrash metal band ULTIMATE HOLOCAUST █
█ just released in May of 2018. Formed in 2010 and █
█ releasing their debut "Blackmail the Nation" in █
█ 2015. The sound hasn't matured too much. it's full █
█ of old-school thrash riffs and audio production to █
█ match. The vocalist does have an interesting tone. █
█ Close to KREATOR era "Please to Kill." Musically, █
█ sometimes similar to old EXODUS. Plenty of █
█ one-note riffs holding off straight power chords █
█ and the drums keep time and never really accent on █
█ their own. That about sums up the first track, █
█ "Man vs Machine." █
█ "Trapped In Quicksand" gets a little more █
█ impressive with the guitar riff that doesn't █
█ require double bass triplets, but hey ok. It did █
█ add a dynamic that kinda made it available to go █
█ whatever way you wanted to take it. The guitar █
█ tone is not beefy at all. It sounds restrained and █
█ very thin. The lead during the song was an obvious █
█ punch in as the volume changed drastically and it █
█ just stuck out like a bad overdub. I saw the █
█ reviews for the debut, and most stated ULTIMATE █
█ HOLOCAUST has potential. I agree I am hearing some █
█ cool things and some not so cool things that could █
█ easily be corrected by practicing. There are █
█ moments where everything sounds well thought out █
█ and very deliberate. Then there are others that █
█ seem sloppy and thrown together. █
█ "In the Heart of Illusion" the quality was ok, I █
█ loved the direction. Referencing the main riff █
█ from "Call of Ktulu" (METALLICA) the song begins █
█ with what seems like possibly the guitarists baby. █
█ Ya know the one track that is your passion. There █
█ is some great structure and the acoustic parts are █
█ softly haunting and when the electric joins in the █
█ mix its blended great. The whispered snarls of █
█ spoken word creep as it should. This is the most █
█ melodic offering on the album and it's honestly █
█ the bands strongest effort. If every song on █
█ "Assault on the Control Room" was prepared, █
█ delivered, and mixed like this the album would be █
█ a surefire success. █
█ It's thrash minus a lot of speed, although there █
█ is some, there is not as much as you'd expect. The █
█ melodic stuff was just so good and the thrash █
█ stuff was so monotonous and is about 20 years too █
█ late. Keep at it guys, there is still something █
█ seriously potential going on. Sound quality. On PC █
█ headphones I thought it would help the sound. █
█ Nope. In the car. The mids took over and ended up █
█ bottoming out. The guitar was so thin it was █
█ buried. The ability to mix and render in stereo █
█ sound is great, but the tone and mix are just █
█ missing some minor adjustments that could've █
█ brought out some real shine for these guys. Rather █
█ than split channels on a guitar, why not layer it █
█ and thicken it up. Pan the hats to the left and █
█ give some room to the other sounds on the right. █
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░ 1. Born Like a Man, Die Like a Number 5:39 ░
░ 2. Man vs Machine 4:59 ░
░ 3. Lost in the Island of Replication 3:33 ░
░ 4. Trapped in Quicksand 3:55 ░
░ 5. Impaled 1:26 ░
░ 6. Liliana 3:38 ░
░ 7. In the Heart of Illusion 3:02 ░
░ 8. Sound of Death 3:38 ░
░ 9. Assault on the Control Room 5:15 ░
░ 10. Apocalypse Tomorrow 4:57 ░
░ 40:02 ░
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