Released Via Cyberdyne Records
Genre: Thrash Metal
Another
band comes to thrash you back to 1986, and they do it in good fashion. This
album is jam-packed with the fast and evil riffs of bands like Coroner, Dark
Angel and Forbidden, and plenty of guitar leads tasty enough to make you bang
your head harder than you already were. Fallen Angels are not afraid to switch
up the tempos through their songs, even making room for more spacious moments
that allow songs like ‘Nightmare Master’
to live and breathe. The level of musicianship here is top notch, reminiscent
of early Megadeth in its intricacy and wildness. There are displays of a more
traditional metal style of songwriting on the record, such as the opening
moments of ‘Forsaken Existence’. Each
instrument is played in a manner that amplifies the next, with the guitar and
drum interplay alone being capable of holding the listener’s attention. Combine
all of these elements with the added experience of award-winning producer
Michael Rosen, who has managed to mix this album to the point of sheer sonic
perfection for a band of this style and you have a thrash metal band that is
making nods back to the metal icons of the 70s and 80s as they take no-nonsense
metal forward with invigorating songs. There are some who might question the
originality of the band, but there’s definitely a more mature feel to a band
like Fallen Angels that suggests they’d deserve to break through the glass
ceiling that holds down the plethora of thrash revivalists. This is too good to
be called revivalism.
Rating: 8/10
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