Axecuter
Metal is Invincible
9 Track Album
Inferno Records (France)
Released 1st March 2013
Axecuter –
Curitiba – Brazil
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Genre: Old
School Metal
Metal is
Invincible
Nothing like a
bit of old school metal to take you back to how things were and the very title
of this reminds me of how metal heads were back in the 80’s, living, sleeping,
eating and breathing metal – not much has changed apart from the Internet bringing
more metal to your door, oh yes and wind-milling and mosh pits but music has
got a lot more extreme with time, however old school metal has its moments.
Although I love
the meaty growly cookie monster vocals of the present the throaty clean vocals
portrayed on this track are just superb and it puts across a metal message you
can’t ignore! The good punchy guitar and solid beats say it all.
Too heavy to
load
What I wouldn’t
give to play guitar like this – like an express train. This has a brilliant chug and loads of metal
melody heaped in menacing emotion. I can’t stop my head from moving! Enticing
and compelling riffs rain down intricately weaving through some amazing drum
beats.
Feed the Beast
Spellbinding
building rhythms combine with some fantastic beats and harmonic vocals. A slower composition but still provokes a lot
of emotion.
No God No Devil
(Worship Metal)
A good fusion
of damming riffs and large solid drum beats that together chug into existence,
with melodies larger than life. The clean vocal however spits venom as it melts
into harmonies and has a message that us metal heads have been doing for years,
but this track just reiterates the fact with cleverly thought out lyrics and
loads of wah wah – those were the days!
Bangers Prevail
Deep and unbridled
with that familiar chugging and loads of shredding to accommodate a rasping vocal
that screams out vengeance with utterly stupendous rhythms and a copious amount
of drumming – old school style of course!
Destructive
Blitzkrieg
The mere title
alone should tell you this is going to be another rip roaring track – and it
is! It will slice your ears from ear to ear and forget to stop. It buzzes like
a million bees and possesses a rapturous rhythm that is constant and hardy.
Keep on Sinning
Tiny shreds but
humongous sound as the drumming slashes fiercely and then turns into a welcome
chug effect eroding the senses in true metal style and offers more primal
ravishing moments.
The Fires of
Krakatoa
The eerie wind
sounds atmospheric and an awesome array of strings utter forth with brooding
and melodic rapture. I can imagine Schenker playing this, it is very Schenkeresque. The vocal is a harsh yet soft whisper and
blends perfectly to ambient strings – beautiful track that takes you on a
journey of reflection However... suddenly all hell breaks loose and a
regimented beat ushers forth along with some harsh unrelenting riffs – I think Krakatoa
just exploded!
Heavy Metal to
the World
Fast and
compelling beats start up and then almighty riffs begin to a really harsh and
uncompromising low growled vocal which devours everything in its path. The
rhythms are uplifting and solid and a good variation. The guitar has just
exploded in a fast, frenzy of hot and fiery riffage and a great fitting end to
a fabulous array of good old school metal!
To Sum up:
This album is
nothing that has not been done before, I will give you that! But it is great to
hear the old school stuff once more and Axecuter
indeed take you back on that glorious journey of “what was once metal” that
we don’t hear very often within the metal scene anymore. But you do tend to move
with the times – I however am thoroughly greedy and love it all!
Axecutor!
The tracks are
beautifully crafted and constructed and are reflective of a bygone era. There
is no escape from the old school methods that weaned millions of metal heads
around the world and it is still being played today by a lot of the younger
generation as well as the old, and further on through its foundations brought
more extreme metal to our well bashed ears – metal in any form will never die!
If you love
Motorhead, Tank, Venom and Sodom then you will definitely have your appetite
well and truly satisfied with Axecutor.
But it is nice
to just lose yourself in some beautifully arranged string composition or wallow
in some “annihilative” fast drumming accompanied by some harsh vocal and
surrounded by high octane levels of raucous metal leaving one exhausted and
condemned by the assault and I am one such person! “Remember old school metal
will never die, it just lies in wait, stalks and then devours! Metal is Invincible!” Amen to that!
9/10
Track List:
Metal is Invincible
Too heavy to load
Feed the Beast
No God No Devil (Worship Metal)
Bangers Prevail
Destructive Blitzkrieg
Keep on Sinning
The Fires of Krakatoa
Heavy Metal to the World
Members:
DANMENTED - Raging Voices & Distorted Strings
T. BASSTARD - Low Bass Notes & Backing Voices
BAPHOMETAL - Fast Beats
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