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░ ██ ██ Artist: Storming Steels ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Aggression Thrashing Fist █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2009 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-05-17 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Calamity Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Though my blood curdles and mood darkens whenever █
█ I see the word 'thrash' being used on a song or █
█ album title on almost any thrash metal album █
█ released post-1990, I have to admit that the █
█ Aggression Thrashing Fist may just be one of the █
█ best album titles I've ever heard. It may simply █
█ be a byproduct of bad Southeast Asian English, but █
█ it really sticks, especially with the flying █
█ v-wielding skeleton rocking out in the flames of █
█ the cover art. You do not hear a lot of thrash █
█ metal coming from Malaysia, and Storming Steels █
█ temper their choppy and busy guitar bustling with █
█ venomous, blackened vocals (some might consider █
█ this black/thrash, though the riffs never enter █
█ that domain). █
█ And the riffs here are really my major gripe with █
█ Aggression Thrashing Fist, for so many of them █
█ feel so predictable, patterns of chords that █
█ simply don't cut it anymore. This is not the rule, █
█ of course, and Storming Steels at times do evoke █
█ some blasphemous evil thrashing, but for example, █
█ take the riff at 2:10 in the opener "Pounding █
█ Merciless Evil". A little too redundant, and there █
█ are far better tracks here, but you'll start to █
█ get this feeling a number of times across the █
█ album. The band is at their best on tracks like █
█ "Eternal Forbidden Sins", "Hellwitched Possessed" █
█ and "Onslaught Thrash Outrage", where the riffs █
█ don't match up 100% with others you've listened to █
█ in the past. I will also mention that while █
█ Deathrash Blasphemies has a cool handle and █
█ charming delivery with his blacker vocals, he does █
█ often go a little overboard with the howling █
█ vocals, to the extent that it feels a little more █
█ like a mockery of the musical genre than an █
█ earnest attempt. I realize bands like Slayer used █
█ to do this all the time, but Araya had a more █
█ piercing slice to his screams that fit the music █
█ well. █
█ Storming Steels is a band with their heart in the █
█ right place, and I like the crispened black thrash █
█ style they portray, with a mix of Venom, Razor and █
█ Piledriver influence. But some of the lyrics and █
█ vocals feel tacky, and there aren't a lot of █
█ winning riffs. However, if you're into the idea of █
█ a crude thrash sound with some bite to it and █
█ melodies, from Malaysia of all places, then this █
█ is one of the few options you can turn towards. █
█ Unlike other, tongue in cheek Asian speed/thrash █
█ bands like Metalucifer or Abigail, this one just █
█ doesn't always have the riffs to back up the █
█ entertainment. █
█ Highlights: Eternal Forbidden Sins, Hellwitched █
█ Possessed █
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░ 1. Pounding Merciless Evil 4:00 ░
░ 2. Eternal Forbidden Sins 4:56 ░
░ 3. Abyssic Gloom of Horror 3:19 ░
░ 4. Devil Speed Power (Mighty Blasphemies 4:25 ░
░ Legions) ░
░ 5. Master of Darkness (Seduced by Witches) 6:30 ░
░ 6. Onslaught Thrash Outrage 4:20 ░
░ 7. Aggression Thrashing Fist 4:56 ░
░ 8. Hellish Demons Feast 4:49 ░
░ 9. Sadistik Slaughter (Infernal Savage) 4:41 ░
░ 10. Hellwitch Possesed 3:01 ░
░ 11. Aggression Thrashing Fist (Instrumental) 5:00 ░
░ (Bonus Track) ░
░ 49:57 ░
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