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"Enforcer" is the first demo recording by Finnish, Tampere based death/thrash metal act Menticide. The demo was independently release in 1990. Menticide formed in 1988 and released two demos in 1990 before disbanding.
Stylistically the material on the two-track, 9:09 minutes long demo is a hybrid thrash and death metal style. To my ears it leans mostly towards death metal but the music also features thrash metal riffs and rhythms. It´s generally pretty creative music featuring many different sections and complex song structures. The vocals are hoarse throaty growling. The sound production is a bit murky and sometimes sound like it was recorded behind a closed door in another room, but other than that it´s a decent sound production suiting the music well.
Upon conclusion Menticide were probably too thrashy for their own good in an environment which craved brutal death metal, but in restrospect they play a relatively unique style of music, and they are a well playing unit too, so there are a lot of quality features on this demo. A 2.5 - 3 star (55%) rating is warranted.