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Blood Tsunami: Thrash Metal by ©Scarlet Metal & www.whoresofchaos.com March 28, 2007
Ragnarök! Blood Tsunami takes no
prisoners on this thrashing hellride! Rapidly gaining speed while
increasing in massive proportion, this raging storm began brewing
somewhere around the North Sea circa 2003. The fearsome foursome later
signed away their blackened souls and firstborn to Nocturnal Art Productions in 2006.
Their winning formula is basically a mix of brutal German
style and dirty 80's style Bay Area thrash with undertones of heavy metal of olde
coming through the guitars. On a more subtle level, there are some
70's heavy molten protometal guitar moments and some Swedish death metal
elements lurking in the background growls and riffs. All the while, the
uniqueness of overall sound is further enhanced by gusts of telltale Norwegian blakk frost as it
gets blasted all over every track, courtesy of the infamous drumming
überbeast Faust a.k.a. Bård G. Eithun. These four separate musicians meld
into one very tight metal unit for the duration of this release which must
also be incredible to hear 'live'. Pete's vox has that reptilian hissing
and snarling quality of Pat Lind's together with the tortured intensity of
Mille Petrozza. In fact all of the vocals work extremely well over this
particular brand of thrash as they're raked over the coals during the
process of the killer production. The track titles accurately convey the
aggression of this release as well as serving as an indication of the
band's philosophy and direction.
Highly recommended to fans of both old school thrash metal
and to all eclectic metalheads, hard rockers and punkrockers. Band
influences: early Slayer, Testament, Exodus, Metallica, Destruction and
Kreator.
Having named the band 'Blood Tsunami' was indeed a
foreboding, as this was done before the disaster struck South East Asia in 2004. label:
www.nocturnalart.com candlelight
usa: www.candleightrecordsusa.com plastichead
europe: www.plastichead.com mp3's: www.myspace.com/bloodtsunami Pete:
lead guitar/lead vocals (ex Hellride) Dor: lead guitar/backing
vocals Faust a.k.a. Bård G. Eithun : drums/bg vocals (Scum, Aborym, ex-Emperor) Bosse:
bass/backing vocals 1. Evil Unleashed 2. Let Blood
rain 3. Rampage of Revenge 4. Infernal Final Carnage 5. Devoured
by Flames 6. Torn Apart 7. Godbeater 8. Killing Spree
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