Tracklist: Disc 2. Live on Rock Hard Festival 1. Sign of Evil 2. Bloody Countess 3. Blasphemic Assault 4. Hexenhammer 5. Final Detonation 6. Demonic War Machine 7. Invisible Violence 8. Blood of Witches 9. Possessed by Hellfire Witchburner German Thrashing War In the specific case of thrash, this reality applies doubly so, given the carnage that befell the golden era of the sub-genre in the mids.
To some extent this collective push to revisit the most primitive and aggressive mode of thrash metal was organized, as in the case of the famed Kolbotn Thrashers Union spearheaded by Darkthrone , but overall it was an organic and decentralized revival.
Toxik Death stands as one of the earliest proponents of this trend, forming back in , though a number of lineup shifts saw them being slightly less prolific than some of their contemporaries.
Taking this into account my summary is that "Demons" can be described as a solid yet slightly lacklustre thrash album which is defaced with a stereotyped cover and an unimaginative title - and this conclusion is not altered by the pretty good live tracks of the bonus disc.
It does not deviate whatsoever from what the band have released in the decade leading up to it, with a fast, barbaric sound very similar to the Swedish Witchery before they let themselves go , though the Germans had a jump on them by about a half-decade. The muffled growls remind me somewhat of Toxiene's vox on the first two Witchery CDs, and the blazing riffs channel all manner of old Teutonic thrash influences, in addition to the prototype black thrash metal of Bathory, Possessed, Slayer and so forth.
Though it's style is identical, they've put just that much more effort into the writing, and the riffs here often reek of fresh carrion. The album slows down only rarely, for "Dynasty of Fear" and the opening sequences of the generally mid-paced "Beheaded by the Axe", but it creates just enough dynamic recoil from the speedsters that it flows altogether well.
Witchburner still has a few shortcomings, namely the general dearth of mindblowing riffs and leads, and the inability to come up with the great chorus hooks of their influences, but they've done a fair enough job to keep someone interested.
Outside of Incarnation of Evil, this is probably their best album to date, but there is a ways to go before the German band can compete with the far more potent Scandinavian forces like Aura Noir, Bewitched, and so forth, or even their countrymen Nocturnal, who perform a similar style with better writing.
That said, if you believe a bullet belt is a formal accessory for any occasion, then you'll proudly burst this record through your speakers until the poseurs are lit aflame. Metal Archives loading Username Password Login. Bands alphabetical country genre Labels alphabetical country Reviews R. Privacy Policy.
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