2008 – Century Media
By Phillip Smith;
Coming face to face with the
realization of just how close to midnight the hands on the doomsday clock just
are, Warbringer relays the message matter-of-factly via headlines of their own
on their newer CD, War Without End. Impressively, guitarists Adam Carroll and
John Laux aggressively create their wall of sound for lead vocalist, John
Kevill to perch himself on top of and scream.
Drummer, Ryan Bates is no slacker either. He plays with ferocious intent, pounding out
crafted beats with near-perfect precision.
War Without End is extreme thrash at its finest. I latched on quickly to cuts, “Total War“, “Systematic
Genocide“, and “Hell on Earth”. The cut
I favor above the rest is “Beneath the Waves” for the melodic interludes and
animalistic growls from Kevill.
Guitars screamed in “Instruments
of Torture”. This is a very dark and
very cool cut. It would fit in nicely on
a soundtrack the SAW film series, with such lyrics as “Cries of torment
echo from the grave. Satan laughs, your
soul cannot be saved.”
The best concept song award
goes to “Shoot to Kill”. Zombies are
rising from the grave, and the orders are “Fire at will. Yeah, Shoot to Kill”. Thrash and zombies, I love the
combination. It works great.
For the thrash fans, this CD
is very much recommended.
* written 01/17/10 and originally appeared on FoundryMusic.com
