Warbringer
War Without End
Rating
Style: Old-School Thrash metal
Release date: February 25th 2008
 

Back in the 80's there were Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Slayer,  Kreator and Destruction just to name a few. They all survived and are still playing thrash. Dekapitator, Fueled by Fire, Evile, Maze of Torment, Munical Waste, Avenger of Blood, Lazarus and also Warbringer belong to the NWOT (New Wave Of Thrash). I am very curious to see, how many of them will survive the next 20 years. Although there is no originality in their music, they all deliver high standard thrash and they play it with a lot of fun and pleasure.

Warbringer is a young band from L.A. all between the age of 17 and 22. They play combination of Kreator, Exodus, Testament, Slayer, Destruction and Sacrifice. Especially the vocals of John Kevill have a link with Rob Urbinati (Sacrifice). The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by legendary Bill Metoyer (Slayer, Dark Angel, D.R.I.).

With an intro that does remind me of the "Ticket to Mayhem"- intro from Whiplash, "Total War" starts outrageous. I am a peaceful guy, but this kind of war you can always bring to my house. All the songs have the same high standard and are brutal as a mad dog. John Kevill growls, screams and shouts angry and emotional. In some songs there are also several gang shout-along choruses. The drums are very authentic, no click tracks, the guitars are heavy and the solo's are howling like a wolf. What do we want more!!

I think Century Media has found one of the bands that will survive the NWOT-hype. Who ever said: "Peace Sells ...but who's Buying?" was wrong, war sells and Warbringer has just begun....


Tracklist
01. Total War
02. Systematic Genocide
03. Dread Command
04. Hell on Earth
05. At the Crack of Doom
06. Beneath the Waves
07. Instruments of Torture
08. Shoot to Kill
09. Born of the Ruins
10. Combat Shock
Label: Century Media
Distribution: EMI (Denmark)
Artwork rating: 67/100
Reviewed by: Reinier de Vries
Date: February 11th 2008
Website: www.myspace.com/warbringer