HATRIOT — Dawn of the New Centurian (review)

HATRIOT — Dawn of the New Centurian album cover Album · 2014 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
UMUR
"Dawn of the New Centurian" is the 2nd full-length studio album by US thrash metal act Hatriot. The album was released through Massacre Records in February 2014. Hatriot was formed by (at the time) former Exodus lead vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza and features two of his sons on bass and drums. The lineup on this album is completed by Kosta Varvatakis and Justin Cole on guitars. The latter mentioned has replaced Miguel Esparza, but other than that, the lineup who recorded "Heroes of Origin (2013)" is intact.

Stylistically "Dawn of the New Centurian" continues the strongly Exodus influenced old school US thrash metal style which the band also played on "Heroes of Origin (2013)". It´s not only the distinct sounding raw voice and convincing snarling delivery of Steve "Zetro" Souza, that makes one think of late 80s/early 90s Exodus, but very often also the riffing style. So this is not for listeners who want to hear something they haven´t heard before, but for fans of old school US thrash metal delivered by enthusiastic and skilled musicians.

The material are for the most part well written and catchy, but to my ears there is a slight drop in quality compared to the strong debut (too many tracks don´t really stick). The sound production isn´t as strong as the sound production on the debut album either, and that also has some effect on my overall impression of "Dawn of the New Centurian". Overall it´s still a pretty strong album release by Hatriot and fans of the style should of course give it a listen. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Zetro has stated in interviews that he will continue with Hatriot, and why shouldn´t he? There are bound to be Exodus downtime because of Gary Holt´s involvement with Slayer, so I´m sure he´ll have time for Hatriot too. If you haven´t checked out Hatriot yet, I´d suggest you listen to the debut before this one. Great thrash metal albums both of them though.
Kingcrimsonprog wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I like Zetro, but I dunno if I can handle this, especially now he's back in Exodus anyway. Are these guys going to continue?

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