01. Under Moon with Wolf
02. Infamy Legacy
03. Einmal ist Keinmal
04. Feel Hate
05. New Idols Leading Rats
06. Blood and Tears
07. Insane
08. Burial Tears
09. Deathreat
Comment:
Stunning debut album of this spanish Thrash Metal band. Aggressive, tight and intense stuff for lovers of SLAYER/SEPULTURA (Arise)/TESTAMENT with an awesome vocalist that will make you shit your pants!! If you don't love this album, you're not a thrasher!!
Que el thrash metal nacional actualmente tiene buena salud lo confirman el alubión de bandas del género que con una calidad más que notable salen por todos lados. Bandas tales como Agression, Silence,Toxic Society, Omission, Crysys, Barbarian, Angelus Apatrida, Tanatossis, Steelgar o Redimoni por poner solo unos ejemplos. Los valencianos Death over threat hacen thrash cañero pero dando margen a la melodía, un thrash que tuvo su apogeo a finales de los 80, principio de los '90, con grupos como Testament, Overkill, Artillery, Onslaugh, Pariah, Toxik, Atrophy, Dark Angel o Assasin, que aunque su música y actitud eran duras como el pedernal tampoco le hacían ascos a los solos armoniosos.
Con una especie de banda sonora que rememora la escena de Conan el bárbaro cuando robaba en la torre de Tulsa Doom empieza “Under Moon with Wolf” un cañonazo de canción que me recuerda un montón a los primeros y mejores discos de Overkill donde la sección rítmica va a saco y las guitarras son hiper duras pero con estribillo melódico.
Tras la inconfundible musiquilla del Nodo, que mas de uno nos hemos tragado en alguna sesión cinematográfica de antaño, atacan con “Infamy Legacy” agresivo a mas no poder y versátil en las voces, con guturales, graves y melódicas.
Con “Einmal ist Keinmal” se van a la vertiente más dura del thrash tipo Sepultura de su primera época, con los guitarrazos entrecortados típicos de la banda brasileña.Y no menos duro y salvaje es “Feel hate” .
A mi desde luego “New Idols Leading Rats” me trae a colación a los inconmensurables Iced Earth, tal vez porque este es el tema mas melódico del disco a la par que metálico.
Si lo que queremos es tralla tipo Slayer o Dark Angel aquí están “Blood and tears” e “Insane”. Bastante más pausado es “Burial Tears”, un tema acústico que sirve de introducción a la guinda final “Deathreath”, otro de los temas mas brutos.
Death Over Threat son Mister a la guitarra, Pío al bajo y voces, Sacha a la voz y guitarra y Toni a la batería. Afortunadamente no son una banda de thrash aporrea instrumentos y chillonas como las muchas existentes en Europa. Aquí hay cultura musical y control de los instrumentos, demostrando que la dureza no esta reñida con la melodía, aunque sea a pequeñas dosis.
A ultima hora ha habido cambios en la formación el guitarrista Mister, ha abandonado el grupo por motivos personales; y por otra parte el bajista Pío ha pasado a tocar la guitarra en sustitución de Mister, quedándose Sacha a la voz y a la guitarra y Toni a la batería y como nuevo bajista han fichado a Davit.
I don’t know about you, but seeing this album’s cover immediately made me curious. Together with the band logo it also gives you an idea of what kind of music you can expect; something extreme, that’s for sure!
Okay then, let’s give it a try! And YES, after a short intro the Spaniards of Death Over Threat burst out into a thrash heaven (or is it hell?). Although the music more or less catches you right away, I had to get used to the diversion between the aggressive and cleaning singing. But once you get the taste of it there is simply no way back and you will find yourself head banging for a good fifty minutes. If you want to get a alight idea of what you can expect, you can think a bit of the sound of Testament’s ‘The Gathering’, with traces from Slayer, Sadus, Sepultura (in the ‘Beneath The Remains’ and ‘Arise’ era) and the latter work of Death, in a modern armour. But Death Over Threat does not copy any of these giants for a second and comes up with a sound of its own.
With the in the abovementioned influences in mind, you can of course guess that the music is extremely catchy. The excellent instrumental skills and the tight playing of these gentlemen of course have a great influence on that as well. Although the album knows a healthy dose of speed and aggression, there is enough room for melodies and variety and thereby ‘Sangre’ (Spanish for “blood”) is assured not to become dull or weaken for a second. The production deserves a word of compliment as well, because the album has a modern sound without any consequences for the spontaneity of the music. Thereby the band also distinguishes itself from many modern, digitalised colleague bands.
‘Sangre’ is without doubt one of the best thrash releases of the year and if you keep in mind that this is the band’s debut album, they have deserved a spot in my annual top-list. With Death Over Threat thrashers have gotten another great band.
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