Deathstorm For Dread Shall Reign

A veritable institution by now, DEATHSTORM have been flying the flag of hate for a decade now, releasing albums on such well\-regarded labels as I Hate and High Roller. DEATHSTORM delivered a swift \x27n\x27 sweet EP for DYING VICTIMS titled The Gallows in 2015, and now the power\-trio return to the label for their most intense and varied recording yet, For Dread Shall Reign. Without doubt, the spectre of classic Kreator looms large over DEATHSTORM still \- and why should it not, when you\x27re doing deathtrash this devastating? \- but with For Dread Shall Reign, the band bring forth a whole host of equally classic contours. From very old Metallica to equally old Slayer on to \x2780s Death and especially Demolition Hammer, DEATHSTORM here hammer out riffs, riffs, RIFFS! But, unlike so much thrash that haphazardly seeks to simply catalog riffs in disservice of the song, these Austrian veterans thread their enviable arsenal into hard\-charging, headbanging juggernauts of immediately memorable metal\-mania manna. There\x27s nothing fancy here, no concessions toward \x26#34;maturity\x26#34; or \x26#34;crossover\x26#34; or other euphemisms for watering\-down their already\-heady brew; for DEATHSTORM, heavy metal is the law, and For Dread Shall Reign honors this noble ideal pairing strong songwriting with a tight \x27n\x27 brutal production favorably reminiscent of the late \x2780s and early \x2790s. Because DEATHSTORM aren\x27t broken \- so don\x27 fix \x27em! Social criticism, serial killers, cults, anti\-religion, war...all this is grist for DEATHSTORM\x27s lyrical mill. What they spit out is supreme DEATH\-THRASH of the highest order, because in these troubled times, For Dread Shall Reign!