Subcyde - Subcyde

Published April 27 2007

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Genre	Thrash Metal	Antonio da Silva	Vocals
Tracks	13	Ola Englund	Guitar
Runningtime	44 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Last Entertainment Prod.	Martin Andersson	Bass
Release	25 April 2007	Johan Wikforss	Drums
Country	Sweden	-	Keyboard
Similar artists	One Man Army & The U. Q., Nightrage, Hatesphere

The "Swedish maniacal thrash force" Subcyde hail from Stockholm and formed in 1997. Through Last Entertainment their debut is now ready to be unleashed, and that in the shape of a self-titled album filled with brutal and aggressive thrash. Subcyde is pretty straightforward and with a fast pace they are bashing out the aggression and it is definitely a headbanger-friendly album. Although it can become a bit static every once in a while, and that even though the heavy riffing can produce a fine groove. Not that originality is the first thing I look upon and search for with a thrash band, but I find Subcyde to be a bit soulless and would have liked them to have a more personal touch to their sound.

In likeness with One Man Army & The Undead Quartet, although trailing far behind, Subcyde's thrash is borderline death metal at times, but even though it at the same time can be very harsh and aggressive, there is some melodic sense in the songs. My biggest objection has to be with the vocals, as it is more of aggressive and strained screams then of growls that would have been a better fit, and it tends to sound a bit too much of hard core in my ears at times.

If I make a list of pros and cons about the debut album from Subcyde, I guess it would be just as much on either side. There are things that I like as the bone-crushing riffs, and the very suitable leads along with the bulldozer aggression, although the vocals and the fact that you forget some songs before you have finished listening to them aren't exactly good things. Production wise the album has a fat sound with a clear and distinct approach, while Subcyde as a band don't, even though they come out as a very tight band most likely capable of more then what is shown here.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	3	8	2	5

Summary
4 chalices of 10 - Thomas