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Last
year I had the chance to review the debut EP from The Scourger,
a band that has in their ranks, the ex-Gandalf
singer, Jari and Timo from Divine Decay
on guitars. "Blind Date with Violence" is
their debut album which was released early this year but it
was only for Finland.
Now,
through Cyclone Empire, we have the chance to find
the album in Europe. In this new re-release the songs got
remastered at famous Finnvox Studios, the CD got completely
new artwork and above all we have five new bonus tracks.
Three
of them are live tracks from their appearance in Tuska
festival and the other two are a Slayer
and a Testament cover. Just to inform you that
the their latest single "Maximum Violence"
was released in June and entered the top 20 charts at position
3 above Slayer.
If
you hear it then you will understand why. I can assure you
that The Scourger is the best thrash metal act in the
metal scene this period. They have written some killer songs
and their album is full of well developed compositions with
incredible ideas and a great production too. Definitely we
will hear from this band again and again and we will want
more.
It
is time for all the thrash metal fans to follow the crazy
path of The Scourger. Believe me you won't be disappointed.
SCORE
out of 8.8/10 Antonis Maglaras
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