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░ ██ ██ Artist: Norunda ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Irruption █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-05-17 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Suspiria Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ NORUNDA is a Thrash Metal trio based in █
█ Portugal/Spain. Being fairly new in the industry, █
█ I was not able to find out a lot of information on █
█ the band. I did discover however that this is █
█ their debut full-length release on Suspiria █
█ Records, and contains ten tracks. ôAsshole In Your █
█ Wayö is the opening track. A dark and ominous main █
█ riff quickly turns to a chaotic sounding Thrash █
█ blueprint. The vocals are semi-harsh, falling █
█ somewhere between clean shouts/singing and the █
█ deeper rasps of some other singers in the genre. █
█ ôDynamiteö sounds like something from MEGADETHÆs █
█ first album, particularly ôDevilÆs Island.ö A █
█ surprising twist comes with the spacy clean █
█ vocals, echoing throughout, and an advanced sound █
█ in connecting the riffs. The brief acoustic bridge █
█ is a nice touch as well. Thrash Metal with a side █
█ of sophistication? I like it. ôFace To Faceö again █
█ starts with a good build-up before the mid-tempo █
█ main part of the song carries forward. █
█ ôHit Youö is a nod to some of the NWOBHM bands █
█ that influences many of the Thrash forefathers, █
█ particularly from the dual guitar harmonies and █
█ riff driven power. Though not overly complicated, █
█ the point is easy to understand. The riff in █
█ ôInfoxicationö is a unique blend of a set of █
█ opening power chords that have a modern sound. █
█ They really nail the rhythm here as wellùsimple █
█ but effective. ôSultan Killerö is an interesting █
█ title and that opening lead guitar pattern does █
█ remind you of a sinister deed that is forthcoming. █
█ ôViolent Streetö has a soft opening and leaves █
█ your mind to wander what might be next. A █
█ well-crafted guitar solo joins the fold with a █
█ wonderful toneùthe kind of tone that sounds like █
█ it is enveloping you from all angles. The main █
█ riff is heavy and plodding, and the partly spoken █
█ vocals focus on a tale. I like how this song is █
█ different from many of the other tracks. █
█ ôInto My Gameö closes the album with the snarl of █
█ Dave Mustaine. They seem to have their eye on █
█ advancing this genre rather than living in the █
█ past. The proper due is given to the forefathers █
█ in their album as a whole but they blend other █
█ elements in as well. This is a solid Thrash Metal █
█ debut from a band that is clearly not afraid of █
█ stepping outside of the boundaries a bit that so █
█ narrowly define this genre. Keep your eyes on this █
█ band in the future, as it seems the sky is the █
█ limit for what they can do. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ Spans and Portuguese, as it happens mostly between █
█ neighbor counties and nations, traditionally and █
█ superstitiously donÆt like each other. Yes, █
█ thereÆre some historical mutual pretenses and so █
█ on. But only existence of such bands like NORUNDA █
█ shows that at least in Metal world they donÆt █
█ matter anymore! Well, as I know they never existed █
█ generally. There were and surely still are so █
█ closed-minded people even in our world, but I █
█ think that they always were peripheries and warped █
█ folklore. █
█ NORUNDA is a young band which was born last year █
█ (or as I read somewhere û ôin year 1 after █
█ Lemmyô). The founder is Spanish RubΘn Cuerdo █
█ (guitar, vocals) who was joined by two Portuguese: █
█ Pedro Morales (bass) and Marcelo Aires (drums). █
█ Anyway, these guys are rather experienced █
█ musicians who played several music genres. Guys █
█ recorded together two singles and mentioned above █
█ album. ItÆs quite quick tempo, ah?!? Yes, and █
█ thatÆs why they plan to release their new album █
█ yet in this year, but before theyÆll do it IÆll █
█ write few words about ôIrruptionö. █
█ An album contains ten songs of Thrash Metal █
█ generally. When you take a look on a logo you █
█ surely have automatic association with GOJIRAÆs █
█ one. But musically this association isnÆt as clear █
█ and self-evident as in case of logo. Well, these █
█ influences even if they present here, are subtle. █
█ Surely I can hear other ones much more clearly. As █
█ I mentioned, guys play first of all Thrash Metal █
█ and definitely in old good style! Somehow I have █
█ strong connotations with bands in which █
█ played/play Dave Mustaine û of course with old █
█ days of their existence. Especially that this one █
█ in which Dave played between 1982 and 1983 even if █
█ the word ôMetalö in its name doesnÆt play Metal █
█ anymore (as said some very well-known German █
█ musician from Essen and I can only agree with █
█ him). But itÆs absolutely any fuckinÆ copy of this █
█ cult, we can say, authorial DaveÆs band! I just █
█ hear influences of this band here and thatÆs it. █
█ Besides them I hear also other ones which surely █
█ make this band in some way original. █
█ So we have here sharp, but rather round riffs, █
█ some very interesting solos or other tricks û even █
█ if they sound familiar. I said that riffs are █
█ rather rounding, but it doesnÆt mean that theyÆre █
█ not as aggressive as it should be in Thrash Metal. █
█ ItÆs just a little another sort of aggression. █
█ Marcelo drums in very energetic way and itÆs as █
█ various as structure of songs (let for it. IÆd █
█ like to hear more cymbals, but we got what we got. █
█ Bass playing is in norm. It doesnÆt mean anything █
█ wrong! Just Pedro plays just like it should be █
█ played in such kind of music. RubΘnÆs vocal is of █
█ course clean and in some way reminds me mentioned █
█ above person with initials D. M. █
█ Well, this is first of all for people who love █
█ Thrash Metal! ThereÆs no doubt about it. And IÆm █
█ sure that at least some displays, refrainsà will █
█ stay in memory longer than length of "Irruptionö. █
█ To tell you truth some just persecute me since I █
█ heard them first time. █
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░ 1. Asshole in your Way 5:35 ░
░ 2. Dynamite 3:43 ░
░ 3. Face to Face 5:53 ░
░ 4. Hit You 5:54 ░
░ 5. Infoxication 5:40 ░
░ 6. Pushing to the Limit 3:48 ░
░ 7. Sultan Killer 5:20 ░
░ 8. The Only Truth 3:49 ░
░ 9. Violent Street 5:47 ░
░ 10. Into My Game 4:48 ░
░ 50:17 ░
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