Flames "Summon The Dead" CD

Summon the Dead is Flames' third studio album (following the live EP “Live at the Slaughterhouse”). This album sees the band moving into a more thrashy paths than the two previous ones. If the two previous releases had their own distinct and characteristic speed/thrash sound, this one leans towards bands like Exodus, Slayer and Dark Angel. Songs are definitely faster and heavier. The sound is at very high standards, very distorted with sharp riffs and (mostly) crazy solos, like Slayer's solos, not melodic or following any specific order, just playing anything that comes to mind.
Even the voice is thicker (this is due to the change in the line-up when Nigel Foxxe left the band). The singer spits out lyrics very sharply, he doesn't sing like in the previous albums, he sounds pissed off and ready to devour you. The drums are very fast and this time they sound more natural, unlike the drums in their previous LPs that sounded like drum machine. The bass and guitar playing are at high standards. Speedy and complicated at times but great riffs nevertheless.
The album almost lacks melody as the rhythms and the solos tend to be “drier” and more distorted. This is the kind of music you want to listen to when you go to a thrash metal concert, heavy and fast, distorted and evil. Occasionally there are slow paces (like in Legions of Death) and clean guitars (Legend II, Legions of Death) but they do not last long. This is an LP purely for head banging and the mosh pit. Personally I do not consider it better than their two previous ones (I like melody) but it is a very good thrash metal album. If you are into the genre, especially into American and German thrash metal between 1985 and 1990, this album will surely appeal to you. And it was circulated globally by Black Dragon, so I guess it's not very rare to find it.

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