Desaster ‎"The Arts Of Destruction" CD

I am speechless. Seriously I am. What we have here is eleven (nine if you don't count the intro and outro) anthems of brutal, fast and melodic black/thrash metal. Desaster have been building up their reputation with their previous releases, and they didn't fail us with this one.
Where can I start? First of all the sound. This is thrash metal with blackened influences. What you get by listening to this LP is energy. An electrical current passes through you over and over again. You start headbaning on the distorted sound. Fast, raw and dirty. I remember several years ago, I was reading an interview Max Cavalera had given to Metal Hammer/Heavy Metal magazine. He said that when they were recording their Schizophrenia (I think) album, they had "Ride the Lighning" and "Show no Mercy" with them in the studio, and they were trying to sound like them. Those two albums were the cornerstone for Sepultura's later development. Well, I got news for you. This album should be the cornerstone for all new groups out there who want to play raw blackened thrash metal. This is the blueprint.
Second, you get melody and riffage. Yes, riffage. This is the magic of this LP. You don't listen to a convoluted noise where you cannot distinguish between the instruments and vocals. You don't get complex riffs that bore you. You can actually listen clearly to the rhythms of the songs, you can headbang endlessly. This album has some serious melodies coupled with pounding guitars drums and bass. It has mesmerising riffs and epic melodies (just listen to "Possessed and Defiled" and you'll know what I mean by saying "epic"). Think of Bewitched's "Diabolical Desecration". Now add thrash metal to it, more speed and a clean (but not polished) production and you get the end result.
I really don't have anything else to say. Every metal fan should listen to this, even the die-hard thrashers who believe that Arise was the last great thrash metal album. Don't think of this album only as thrash or black metal. Just think of this as a superb metal LP. Because this is metal. Pounding, fast, melodic and intense. Congratulations to Desaster for giving to modern metal a rejuvenating kick.

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