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A new review section: Buried by Time And Dust

We added a new review section, coincidentally another Mayhem reference following 'The Past is Alive', with the title 'Buried by Time and Dust'. Over the years, a lot of promos have been gathering dust simply because a fresh wave of promos arrived the following month and they were consigned to oblivion. We will review them here to make a clear distinction with our other reviews. We will also use it to complete a discography in terms of reviews. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit your music or would like to join the staff.

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The album titled “Voices in my Head” was already released in 2017, but last summer I had a chat with vocalist Hlias “Thanatoid” Kyriazis, and he forwarded me the entire album digitally for review, so here you are.

They play music in the Thrash style, but then full throttle and with a crossover attitude. Okay, you can’t hide the big influence from Municipal Waste and a bit of the newer Thrash scene played by bands such as Havok, but nevertheless, this party is very enjoyable. The guitar strings are properly abused, the drums give fireworks and the vocals are hyper and aggressive, the way it should be in this style. But especially the intensity is phenomenal, listen to track ‘Forgive and Don’t Forget’ and try to figure out how fast those fingers have to be to create such riff – respect. If you’re not common with this kind of metal, then perhaps you can have difficulties with the lack of variation that could crawl into this sound after listening this one out, but I don’t bother about it on this album, cause for me it’s part of my expectations.

Suggestions from my side: the three tracks in the middle of the list: ‘Forgive Don’t Forget’, followed by ‘Born to be a Slave’ and then ‘Happy Face Man’. Greece can be blessed with this assessment in the metal scene. If you want to feel the rush from these guys, then get aboard of this 36 minutes ride! (Fredde)