Oppression - State Of War
Genre |
Thrash Metal |
Olof Wikstrand
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Vocals
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Tracks |
4 |
Tor Nyman
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Guitar
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Runningtime |
23 Min. |
Joachim Törnqvist
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Guitar
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Label |
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Fredrik Petersson
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Bass
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Release |
18 March 2006 |
Jakob Strand
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Drums
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Country |
Sweden |
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Keyboards
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Similar artists |
Death Angel,
Anthrax, Exodus, Megadeth |
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Swedish town Falkenberg, where Oppression hail from, is
being the swedish equivalent to the San Francisco Bay Area if you are
to believe the band. And judging by their sound I am starting to believe
them since there is no doubt from which part of the world Oppression
has gathered their inspiration. State Of War is their fourth demo and
was recorded in early 2006 and is produced, engineered, mixed and mastered
by the band themselves. We are simply dealing with the some most pleasurable
old-school thrash here, influenced by the eighties thrash scene, something
that can be heard very easily. And the most obvious influences come
perhaps by some of the more technical bands from that time, and then
I am thinking of Death Angel and Megadeth in particular.
First songs State Of War is speedy with a distinctive
pounding bass and has a technical approach and to me this is very much
similar to Death Angel, and further greatly captivating. The melodic
break gives a nice touch to the song where the bass is pounding in the
back while a guitar delivers some nice melodic and calmer lines before
it is back to the more mosh oriented parts. It continues with Infected
Youth that is more harmonic with the guitars although still quite speedy
and vocalist Olof Wikstrand sounds not to far from a young Dave Mustaine,
with other words you can say it is not the best vocalist but perfectly
suiting for the music.
Path To Consequence is still holding the same style but
in a more held back way. It is a little darker with more of a Testament
vibe surrounding it while the closing track Forced Into Fire is more
straight-ahead with an Exodus groove with the riffing guitars in the
middle.
The State Of War demo from Oppression is surely mosh-friendly
and gives you a nice injection of old school thrash. Although, the band
could do better, even if the guitars comes out rather well. There is
some improvement that can be done with the tightness in the band. The
song writing is actually very good, and the band shows proof of good
musicianship with the sometimes complex structures and technical playing
but I believe that also this can be better. Oppression is good, but
with just a little fix of things here and there I think they can be
really great.
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Related links:
www.oppression.se
www.myspace.com/oppressionswe