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/:: Artist :: Deathhammer ::\
:: Album :: Crimson Dawn ::
:: Year :: 2025 ::
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:: . Genre :: Thrash Metal Source :: CD . ::
:: Label :: Hells Headbangers Records R.date :: 2025-10-18 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: HELLS 367 S.date :: 2025-08-29 __::_
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. Quality :: 44.1 kHz/Joint Stereo .
. Size :: 91.44 MB .
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:: 1. Abyssic Thunder 6:19 ::
:: 2. Satan's Sword 5:07 ::
:: 3. Stygian Lust 4:01 ::
:: 4. Nocturnal Windz of Fire 4:26 ::
:: 5. Crimson Dawn 4:51 ::
:: 6. Legacy of Pain 4:04 ::
:: 7. Die Eternal 3:32 ::
:: 8. Into the Blackness of Hell 7:24 ::
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:: NorwayÆs primeval blackened thrash metal maniacs Deathhammer ::
:: return with their sixth album. Set for release via Hells ::
:: Headbangers on August 29th. ::
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:: Eerie synths begin our descent into darkness and evil with a ::
:: strong 80s presence. Giving way to militant drums, the tension ::
:: builds before a thrashing volcanic outburst begins. Sergeant ::
:: SalstenÆs maniacal vocals and his shared riffing with ::
:: Sadomancer who also provides waves of insane drums met by ::
:: blistering leads. Usually each member tends to play guitar on ::
:: the songs they wrote, but this is more of a mixture which I ::
:: think adds an even more chaotic flow to the tracks for the ::
:: better. The total destruction is delivered with malice and ::
:: force, playing at inhuman speeds with that classic raw edge ::
:: that the band has mastered from day one. The cutting tom fills ::
:: and ravenous storms of speed metal furore are unbreakable, ::
:: delivering total hell as the howling fury of blasphemous lyrics ::
:: flows with endless pain. Commanding both melody in the truest ::
:: sense of heavy metal with total rage and animalism; Deathhammer ::
:: rip you apart but in a way that will keep you coming back for ::
:: more. The beginnings of this album will surely have your body ::
:: electrified and held in place for the beating of a lifetimeà ::
:: and youÆll love it, ya sick bastard! ::
:: ::
:: Keeping up insane speeds and always moving forward with total ::
:: conviction; there is no lack of dynamics on this album but most ::
:: importantly the venomous delivery never gets lazy or lethargic. ::
:: Also for such a raw energy, the band manage to play impeccably ::
:: without losing the tight execution of the songs. Cranking up ::
:: the evil and lust for destruction every riff, solo, drum part ::
:: and vocal is precise and lethal in its own right. Cutting like ::
:: razors and burning like lasers, Deathhammer is a band who go ::
:: from strength to strength and just when you think the energy ::
:: has reached its peak, they blow the roof off their own song and ::
:: launch you into the stratosphere to bask in the glory of the ::
:: DevilÆs music. Adding these almost cinematic touches to songs ::
:: like ôNocturnal Windz of Fireö which feels like the band took ::
:: the ideas of Manowar and Bathory then merged them with the ::
:: likes of Iron Angelà simply sublime. This is absolutely ::
:: everything I want to hear in a release of this sort. It also ::
:: proves that despite having such a strong sonic identity, the ::
:: duo do not wish to just keep feeding us the same album, but ::
:: dare to run with their ideas into the darkness of new crypts, ::
:: catacombs and other unholy sites. Burn with the evil masters in ::
:: hell or be thrown into the pits of wimps for eternal damnation. ::
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:: From the moments of barbed wire riffing ripping your flesh ::
:: asunder to the bass-fronted speed metal sections of total ::
:: obliterating madness or the sodomising grooves; Deathhammer ::
:: have a wide palette of traditional influences mixed into their ::
:: own formula that shows no mercy while keeping things constantly ::
:: exhilarating and full of adrenaline. This is exactly what a ::
:: proper heavy metal band does in this day and age, we already ::
:: have all the ingredients we need for the genre but mixing them ::
:: together in a macabre potion of your own is essential when so ::
:: many bands concoct lacklustre impotence that holds little ::
:: merit. Thankfully we have bands like Deathhammer who inject ::
:: danger and passion into their music in such large doses you ::
:: cannot resist the overdriven possession as it takes hold of ::
:: your mortal form. Right Ætil the end ôCrimson Dawnö will have ::
:: all those true and pure in their passion for metal utterly ::
:: bewildered by its infernal majestic evilness and glory. This is ::
:: some of the bands best work to date, which in such a flawlessly ::
:: excellent discography is truly saying somethingà ::
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:: Deathhammer is my favourite thrash metal band to form since the ::
:: 1980s. Every single record proves a passionate force of total ::
:: morbid worship from the duo and this is no different. Despite ::
:: this, all of their new songs always have a fresh feeling and a ::
:: ton of energy which ensures infinite replay value. I never tire ::
:: of anything the band has done and ôCrimson Dawnö is another ::
:: triumphant offering that shows the true thrasher spirit ::
:: unbound, wild and extremely aggressive. No plastic productions, ::
:: no lazy hardcore kid riffs, only total evil thrashing madness! ::
:: Not for the weak, not for the modern, this is real old school ::
:: barbarity for maniacs only! ::
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