Well, it says in the bio that Incinerator "follow in
the steps of the old gods of 80's Speed/Thrash metal such as:
Slayer, Destruction, Dark Angel and Kreator." That pretty
much sums it up. I'd say Kreator are the primary constituent
of the metal stew that Incinerator have brewing on Thrash Attack.
Vocalist Blade could do an adequate job in a Kreator cover
band, for that matter. He doesn't have the edge Mille did on
Terrible Certainty or Extreme Aggression, or any of the pre-Endorama
albums, but there are times where he almost sounds exactly
like the man, which might be annoying if it wasn't obvious
that it was intentional. The general problem with bands that
completely emulate the masters is that, although their hearts
are in the right place, they seldom pull it off and wind up
sounding like lame cover bands or almost more like a parody
of the very bands they are trying to imitate. Incinerator succeed
where so many others don't, as they sound like the genuine
article. Thrash Attack sounds like it could have been released
in '87 or '88 and with song titles like "Scream Queen" and "Storm
of the Thrasher," all the attitude of the era is fully
intact as well. Rating: 7/10
Unchain the Underground
Incinerator is a new band , hailing from Sweden & judging
from the album title , yup no prizes for guessing it right -
they play thrash metal in the 80's vein of good old Sodom , Slayer
, Kreator , Slaughter etc ... Recorded in 1998 but only mastered
in 2000' , this little gem of an album was having a hard time
getting out to us , but thankfully here it is finally available
through Portuguese label - Sound Riot . The band has so far released
2 demos , 'Order of Chaos' & '... In Your Face' (both of
which are still available through the band I guess) & the
line up on this recording consists of 4 members & they are
Blade (vox & bass) , Nilzon (drums) , Wikstèn (guitars) & finally
Granqvist (guitars) who has since been replaced by Mattsson .
Another interesting feature of this mini album , is that it also
features the solo guitar works of Alakangas on 'Storm of the
Thrasher' & David E. on 'Hypocritical Convictions' both of
which were responsible for the recording , engineering , mixing & production
of this mini album . Anyway , this little gem of an album features
only 5 songs with a total playing time of 16 minutes - it's a
little too short for my liking (heck I just pushed the repeat
button on my player for the third consecutive time so that I
may continue thrashing away !) , but I guess it'll have to do
for now . Here are details of the five thrashing tracks found
on 'Thrash Attack' in order from tracks 1 - 5 , they are : 'Scream
Queen' 3:09 , 'Storm of the Thrasher' 2:44 , 'The Collapse' 3:55
, 'Bestial Rage' 3:15 & 'Hypocritical Convictions' 4:01 .
Anyway , I would also like to give a beer to a friend of mine
who recommended this album to me saying that since I was a fan
of Sodom , I would surely dig this album - he was right on all
counts ! I love this album - Thanx XXXUL , you rule & keep
on thrashing man ! Rating : 8/10
Dawn of the Apocalypse
Slayer rules!!! E' questo il credo di questa
giovane band che si butta nella mischia con un MCD di cinque
pezzi che sprigionano rabbia, potenza ed aggressività da
ogni poro. Senz'altro la produzione non li aiuta molto, ma gli
Incinerator hanno le loro carte da giocare e puntano tutto sull'impatto
sonoro. "Scream Queen" e "The Collapse" sono
a mio parere i pezzi più riusciti, dal riffing più incisivo
e tagliente: le doti penso ci siano ma, per il futuro la band
dovrà maturare molto e ritagliarsi un songwriting originale
e meno vicino a mostri sacri quali Slayer e Destruction. Lo so
che è molto difficile, anche per la semplicità distruttiva
del genere, ma chissà, la buona volontà fa miracoli:
io intanto aspetto fiducioso il prossimo, full-length, album. Rating: 6,5
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