Thanatos – Justified Genocide [Deity Down Records 2009]



The grand old band and merchants of Dutch death metal has now returned with their 5th full length album 'Justified Genocide', 9 of their own neckbreaking and eviler than thou tracks and 2 ass kicking cover tunes in form of 'The Burning Of Sodom' originally by Dark Angel and 'Dawn Of Eternity' originally by Massacre. Both tunes are made well and kicks ass in good old Thanatos fashion!

The album is also a good blast of Thanatos styled death metal, no shit here. Heavy and crushing guitar riffs paints the sky, while the drums are pounding unmerciful below the concrete cutting guitar tracks, midtempo doublebass and a nice use of the cymbals and toms, with a few ups and downs in tempo. The rumbling bass, keeping the rhythm straight, though almost too hidden below the grinding guitars most of the time. The trademark growl from Gebédi, a nice mix between old school crossover vocals and a deep growl from hell, is working as good as ever, and nice with variation as in the, Thanatos world, uptempo track 'Upwards Spiritual Evilution'.

If you have been on the Thanatos train since you can remember, then you won't regret buying or checking this album out, Thanatos is as Thanatos as ever, with a few new sparks here and there. A strong death metal album from the Dutch quartet showing that they still have their place on the scene and still is one of Holland's strongest entities, when it comes to making death metal that hits the nerve.

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Kindly supplied by Deity Down Records