Time Signature
Trademark strangulation...
Genre: death-thrash
Get ready for a barrage of tasty death-thrash in the form of Mordax' debut album "Violence Fraud Treachery".
Solidly rooted in authentic thrash metal, the Danish metal act Mordax also draw on more modern melodic death metal, and this combination of aggression and melody works extremely well on this album, which is full of changes from uptempo brutality to melodic harmonies with groovy riffs to nearly atmospheric passages and so on. Several of the tracks on the album are based on good old fashioned thrash drumming, but the band merges several more groovy and heavier passages into their style of death.thrash, which generates an interesting dynamics.
Mordax are skilled musicians who know exactly what they are doing. The rhythm section is rock solid, and the rhythm guitars are precise, while the guitar leads are both technically advanced and simpler and full of feel.
This album is a fine death-thrash release which combines the best of old and new - traditional and modern - and I think that especially fans of Kreator, Slayer and early Sepultura will adore it.
