BAT — Wings of Chains (review)

BAT — Wings of Chains album cover Album · 2016 · Speed Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Total wreckage...

Genre: crusty speed metal

Following up on the 2013 EP 'Primitive Age', the crusty speed metal outfit released their debut full-length effort "Wings of Chains" earlier this summer.

They pretty much continue in the same vein as "Primitive Age". That is, the listener is treated to raw speed metal with a good dose of influence from crust punk and crossover thrash as well as elements from traditional metal and a very slight hint of melody every now and then. Most songs evolve around primitive riffs most of which fall under the rubrics of crust punk and speed metal. This combination works pretty well, and the uptempo drumming - rich in d-beats and primal energy - and rough vocals fit very well into the overall picture. By the way, no less than four tracks from the 2013 EP "Primitive Age" appear on this album too - namely 'Code Rude', 'Primitive Age', 'Rule of the Beast', and 'Rule of the Beast'. Now, four tracks are ordinarily quite a lot to recycle from one release to the next, ut they're actually pretty good songs, so what the hell? If you didn't buy 'Primitive Age', then here's your chance to hear them.

The production is deliberately retrospective without being too lo-fi, so both old timers and younger metal fans who were introduced to the crisp and pristine production value of much mainstream post-2000 metal might enjoy the production.

Rough-edged speed metal with crust and old school metal influences, this album is decidedly retrospective and should appeal to fans of the likes of Iron Dogs, Nuke, Explorer, Children of Technology and other bands who embrace the more primitive side of speed metal.
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