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|| Artist......: Speedkiller ||
|| Album.......: Midnight Vampire ||
|| Year........: 2024 ||
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|| Genre.......: Thrash Metal ||
|| Label.......: Black Hearts Records ||
|| Cat.No......: BLACK119 ||
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|| Source......: CDEP ||
|| Encoder.....: libFLAC 1.3.1 20141125 ||
|| Bitrate.....: 975 kbps avg. ||
|| F.Rate......: 44.1kHz ||
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|| Playtime....: 00:31:58 / 239.39MB ||
|| R.Date......: 2024-11-22 ||
|| S.Date......: 2024-11-08 ||
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|| 01. Intro 1:07 ||
|| 02. Nightspell 3:59 ||
|| 03. Suicide Hell 4:17 ||
|| 04. Shadow People 4:22 ||
|| 05. Midnight Vampire 4:10 ||
|| 06. Valley of Death 3:32 ||
|| 07. Circles of Blood 4:46 ||
|| 08. Blood Worship 5:45 ||
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|| The intro is suitably horror soundtrack feeling with bats, ||
|| crows and organs to set a morbid mood for whatever ferocity ||
|| lies in wait. Evil riffs churn in over crashing cymbals, ||
|| immediately firing into a barbaric assault of pure old school ||
|| bestial metal warfare. Taking the likes of Sarcofago, Vulcano ||
|| and Mystifier as huge inspiration, there is nothing but primal, ||
|| feral and unrelenting aggression in extreme metal form to be ||
|| found here. Spectral lead riffs give some atmosphere while the ||
|| cymbal work and double kicks keep a monstrous flow to the ||
|| rhythms. With such fury and a daunting feel of pure malice, the ||
|| vocalist keeps the horror alive by adding haunting howls and ||
|| snarls to the grim instrumental savagery with equally dark and ||
|| intense performances from the whole band. The soloing is ||
|| simplistic but incredibly effective, once again utilising the ||
|| tried and tested old school methods which fit the release ||
|| perfectly. While I knew this would be nothing new or ||
|| groundbreaking, it is damned enjoyable and unholy as I had ||
|| hoped. ||
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|| Blistering forth, a barbaric and mesmerising incantation of ||
|| swirling heavy metal instrumental violence and creepy vocals ||
|| display the full force of BrazilÆs musical history, burning the ||
|| extreme metal flame as strong as it did back in the 80s and 90s ||
|| with this total worship of the cult bands that put their flag ||
|| in the skulls of the weak decades ago. Pulverising drums ||
|| continue to surge erratically between riffs the drift between ||
|| the full-speed assaults to almost doomy territory. The ||
|| diversity in sound is gloriously tied together and feels like a ||
|| very natural progression rather than random ideas thrown ||
|| together any which way. Speedkiller are clearly passionate ||
|| maniacs who know their craft well and conjure blasphemous music ||
|| naturally without trying too hard, nor being lazy and sticking ||
|| to one bland sound. Storms of bass back up the razor-sharp ||
|| guitars to give a skull-pounding sound while still remaining ||
|| raw as the chaos of the drummer blitzes on. In under half an ||
|| hour, you will be left smouldering by this metal magic from ||
|| real extremist savages. ||
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|| This is a really killer debut album. Lots of ideas from various ||
|| black / death / thrash metal influences moulded together to ||
|| give a marvellous example of the strength of BrazilÆs extreme ||
|| metal underworld. Perhaps not the most original style, but who ||
|| cares when it harkens back to some of the best bands ever known ||
|| and honours them so excellently? I certainly do not. This is ||
|| barbaric, unholy, thrashing violence that we all need. ||
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