Speedkiller-Midnight_Vampire-Reissue-MCD-2024-BERC

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MP3/FLAC

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BERC

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62,43 MB

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12

Date

2024-11-22

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 /::     Artist  :: Speedkiller                                            ::\
  ::     Album   :: Midnight Vampire                                       ::
  ::     Year    :: 2024                                                   ::
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  ::   . Genre   :: Thrash Metal                Source  :: MCD         .   ::
  ::     Label   :: Black Hearts Records        R.date  :: 2024-11-22      ::
 _::__   Cat.nr. :: BLACK119                    S.date  :: 2024-11-08    __::_
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   .     Size    :: 65.11 MB                                               .
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  ::      1.  Intro                                               1:07     ::
  ::      2.  Nightspell                                          3:59     ::
  ::      3.  Suicide Hell                                        4:17     ::
  ::      4.  Shadow People                                       4:22     ::
  ::      5.  Midnight Vampire                                    4:10     ::
  ::      6.  Valley of Death                                     3:32     ::
  ::      7.  Circles of Blood                                    4:46     ::
  ::      8.  Blood Worship                                       5:45     ::
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  ::      A keyboard intro accompanied by crows, horse gallop, squeaking   ::
  ::      rats and thunder opens the gate to Bolsonaro's palace, er the    ::
  ::      gates of the underworld. Afterwards, the Brazilians Speedkiller  ::
  ::      rumble away on "Midnight Vampire" quite savagely, the singer     ::
  ::      reminds of Mystifier at "Goetia" times, the music reminds of an  ::
  ::      ugly bastard of Venom, Mot÷rhead, old Sepultura, Sarcofago and   ::
  ::      Co. Quasi an even more antisocial version of Midnight.           ::
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  ::      The band manages well to mix blunt thrashing with cool melodies  ::
  ::      and breaks. After the first track "Nightspell" really picks up   ::
  ::      speed, this can then state with astonishment. Especially when    ::
  ::      Speedkiller take their foot off the gas pedal and add melodies   ::
  ::      to their songs, they sound pretty convincing. "Shadow People"    ::
  ::      starts quite grooving in the mid-tempo area and reminds quite    ::
  ::      of old Sepultura ("Schizophrenia") or Massacre at "The Second    ::
  ::      Coming" times. Alone the somewhat crooked sounding guitars       ::
  ::      create a pretty nostalgic atmosphere. The song is definitely     ::
  ::      captivating in that it doesn't just rumble along, but manages    ::
  ::      to spread atmosphere.                                            ::
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  ::      Speedkiller manage in the course of their EP to increase in      ::
  ::      terms of their songwriting skills after all. The pieces become   ::
  ::      much more melodic and catchy, so you can tell that the band is   ::
  ::      socializing musically more and more. "Midnight Vampire" is       ::
  ::      quite a chunk with its catchy riffs and melodic arrangements in  ::
  ::      the middle section, "Valley of Death" again sounds like a        ::
  ::      mixture of Venom and Mot÷rhead and "Circles of Blood" is         ::
  ::      undoubtedly the best song of the album, which starts off         ::
  ::      dragging but develops into a snotty song filled with cool        ::
  ::      riffs.                                                           ::
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  ::      The production is quite successful, it all sounds a bit          ::
  ::      muffled, but I'm assuming that the band wanted it that way. I    ::
  ::      also assume that the band didn't intend to create something      ::
  ::      completely new, but rather bow to the old school masters. If     ::
  ::      you like old school 80's death thrash spiced with Venom and a    ::
  ::      pinch of Mot÷rhead and can stand a few off-key tones in your     ::
  ::      dose of metal, you should definitely give Speedkiller an ear,    ::
  ::      you can't really go wrong.                                       ::
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