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Terrorizer - Darker Days Ahead
Release: 2006Label: Century Media
By: Anders
Posted: Aug 15, 2006
This was a band I thought I never would get the chance to review a new album from. The legendary grindcore merchants Terrorizer that released their legendary album "World Downfall" in 1989 and then soon after disbanded. Back then the band consisted of David Vincent, Oscar Garcia, Jesse Pintado and Pete Sandoval. Today in the resurrected version of the band Pintado and Sandoval are joined by vocalist Anthony Rezhawk and bassist and guitarist Tony Norman.
I had been quite sceptical about this reunion, because how does a band top a release like "World Downfall" which more or less is impossible, and with that in mind how do they even come close or just pay their legacy respect. So it was with a nervous hand I placed the CD in the player for the first listen. Though it doesn't take long to realize, it is Terrorizer that is back, relentless grindcore is shooting out of the speakers and carpet bombs the listener with chainsaw riffing and blasting drums. A great thing is that the guitar sound and crunch is very alike the one on "World Downfall", it is very easy to hear it is Terrorizer, and Pintado's riffing is rooted very well in the old school grindcore scene. The same can be said about Sandoval's drumming, it is straight out of the book, with the same means as on the first album, just better of course. That together with the compositions make this album a very natural predecessor to "World Downfall" here 17 years after. Though there are some more death metal elements entangled in most tracks, not anything that bothers me a lot, as they have kept it quite old school. The band has also chosen to rework the song 'Dead Shall Rise', as the version on "World Downfall" didn't end up as furious and fast as intended, it sure is now!
New man behind the microphone Rezhawk does also deliver a more than acceptable performance. Not that far from a young and furious Dave Vincent, though with more depth and aggression, fitting perfectly to Terrorizer anno 2006. Norman does deliver his bass lines really well and they keep the rhythm superbly when Sandoval delivers his drum extravaganza, he is a beast behind the drums.
"Darker Days Ahead" won't disappoint many old Terrorizer fans and will please all new fans as well. This furious grindcore done the old way, in a modern package. Hard hitting and brutal as fuck metal straight in your face, without being simple in any way. This is not as good as "World Downfall" nothing is, but it is in the right direction, and it is a worthy addition to the Terrorizer legacy, they have returned with a vengeance!
I had been quite sceptical about this reunion, because how does a band top a release like "World Downfall" which more or less is impossible, and with that in mind how do they even come close or just pay their legacy respect. So it was with a nervous hand I placed the CD in the player for the first listen. Though it doesn't take long to realize, it is Terrorizer that is back, relentless grindcore is shooting out of the speakers and carpet bombs the listener with chainsaw riffing and blasting drums. A great thing is that the guitar sound and crunch is very alike the one on "World Downfall", it is very easy to hear it is Terrorizer, and Pintado's riffing is rooted very well in the old school grindcore scene. The same can be said about Sandoval's drumming, it is straight out of the book, with the same means as on the first album, just better of course. That together with the compositions make this album a very natural predecessor to "World Downfall" here 17 years after. Though there are some more death metal elements entangled in most tracks, not anything that bothers me a lot, as they have kept it quite old school. The band has also chosen to rework the song 'Dead Shall Rise', as the version on "World Downfall" didn't end up as furious and fast as intended, it sure is now!
New man behind the microphone Rezhawk does also deliver a more than acceptable performance. Not that far from a young and furious Dave Vincent, though with more depth and aggression, fitting perfectly to Terrorizer anno 2006. Norman does deliver his bass lines really well and they keep the rhythm superbly when Sandoval delivers his drum extravaganza, he is a beast behind the drums.
"Darker Days Ahead" won't disappoint many old Terrorizer fans and will please all new fans as well. This furious grindcore done the old way, in a modern package. Hard hitting and brutal as fuck metal straight in your face, without being simple in any way. This is not as good as "World Downfall" nothing is, but it is in the right direction, and it is a worthy addition to the Terrorizer legacy, they have returned with a vengeance!
Rating: 8/10
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