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If they’d ever changed the formula they’d pay dearly. It is not like they can stretch their music a la Nachtmystium without suffering the kind of bukakke backlash that shall only be bestowed upon traitors. If they were ever to change one factor, the results would change. The thrash would not be so thrashy anymore. Their metal would be more like tin foil and shit. If they were to purify their sound, if they were to super produce this metal, yeah, where is the thrash in neatly produced metal? It is missing, that’s where is at.
The key here is that progression can only be achieved through two aspects; getting better at your instrument and getting better as a songwriter. At this point, this German tank has worked them both. They are already there. Wherever there may be.
We were made aware when their debut Slaves of the Burning Pentagram literally emblazoned that cryptic symbol in our collective membranes. If you didn’t check it out then, go back there now. Give it a spin like the masochist that you are. Then, skip the split they put out with Paraguay’s so so thrash minions Violent Attack. Third effort, Bloodrust Scythe is precisely what should be in offers as a second full-length.
Hellish Crossfire now sound like a truly seasoned band. Where before they triumphed in enthusiasm, drunkenness and sloppy delivery in true vintage teutonic fashion, now this leather-clad quartet comes down with a serious case of the riff shits. The album starts in grand fashion, taking a cue from black metal, the opening riff is fed equal parts Dissection and Slayer. When the growling grunts of Iron Tyrant come in you will automatically cover yourself because this dude bites. This is perhaps the best song Hellish Crossfire has written. Hence, the album peaks early, but the bar has been set high enough for the rest of the songs to follow through proudly.
There are breadcrumbs of classic heavy metal which the band drops mid songs and that hint to a greater appreciation forclassic heavy metal as a whole and that meld very well with thrash. And the band pulls back when it comes to the solos. In this genre and in heavy metal as a whole, you can always make good use of a good lead. Other than that, Bloodrust Scythe is pretty stellar thrash metal.
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