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"No Answers" is the debut full-length studio album by German thrash metal act Baphomet. The album was released through Massacre Records in 1991. Lead vocalist Thomas Hertler is actually the founder of Massacre Records, which these days are among the elite European metal labels. In addition to this, their debut album, Baphomet released two more albums before disbanding.
The music on "No Answers" is thrash metal with an occasional brutal edge. When it´s most raw I´d call the music death/thrash, but most of the time it´s just raw thrash metal. The band are decent musicians but neither the instrumentalists nor lead vocalist Thomas Hertler stand out as contributing anything extraordinary. The sound production isn´t that great either and if you add to that some rather questionable songwriting which is neither catchy upon first listen nor memorable in the long run, "No Answers" comes off as a rather redundant release. When the band are most aggressive and direct are when they function the best, but unfortunately they often opt to make use of some awkward shifts between sections and some powerless beats. I guess those elements are included for variation, but they seldom work in favour of the music.
"No Answers" isn´t a terrible release, but it´s damn close to being one. I´ll play nice and call it mediocre and unremarkable instead. A 2.5 star (50%) rating is me being nice again.