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New label, new singer, new album - that it in a nutshell. But can HateSphere deliver another strong thrash'n'death album? They can! Musically the Danish stick to their thrash roots and offer fast drumming, heavy riffs and cool lead parts, but singer Jonathan Albrechtsen adds the death metal edge to the HateSphere sound! His deep growls add aggressiveness to the thrash attacks. They open up with the title track, a straight forward track with speed variations. But with Backstabber they speed up and present a mean neckbreaker! The guitars aren't just deliver the heavy riffs, they also add some melodies. Its the contrast which makes the songs interesting - breaks, speed changes and melodic guitar leads. With Clarity they change a bit and over a heavy groove monster - and they show that they do good when easing off a bit. Albrechtsen's vocals are mean and then they speed up for a moment - and later present a doomy part. Cool tune! After the fast thrasher Even If It Kills Me they head into Commencing A Campaign in an epical way. A fast thrasher is In The Trenches which only gets a death metal edge due to the growls, musically it's closer to the Bay Area stuff. Great guitar play! The closer is called Oceans Of Blood and is a mean neck breaker! Fast and angry! Live this one is calling for a mosh pit!
The Danish have to show that they can keep their own standards live now. And it will be interesting how they do live now... But I guess they will steamroll everything!
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