Arsenite - Apophis

Published December 08 2014

*=Staff's pick	Disorder Of The Mind No Surrender No Retreat* Hell On Earth Cult Of The Demon* Apophis The Valley Of The Kings This Is The End City Of Anarchy

Genre	Thrash Metal	Tony Classon	Vocals
Tracks	8	Tony Classon	Guitar
Running time	37 Min.	Niklas Gustavsson	Guitar
Label	Rambo Music/Sony Music	Martin Giaever	Bass
Release	03 December 2014	Henrik Persson	Drums
Country	Sweden	-	Keyboard
Producer	-
Similar artists	---

This second effort of Sweden's metallers Arsenite shows a band with a fixed course. Its thrash metal belongs to the vein of a traditional direction, which has less significant brutality involved than what a lot of today's bands in this type of music have, as far as I'm concerned. The band tries to rely more on a raw appearance and accurate riffing, instead of having a great number of crushing speed monsters, created out of sheer massive force.

With roots therefore naturally hailing from the 80's, Arsenite basically plays a straight line performance from start to finish and I see a disadvantage in the fact that most songs are pretty much equally good all throughout the record. There are no real killer songs, but conversely a fairly great share of what's given definitely picks up my attention. This blatant reality however makes the album turn out to something which doesn't have the capacity to advance to a level where I am able to really get run over by the moment, although it undoubtedly maintains in an upright position all along the ride.

The vocal performance is this record's main drawback. It doesn't possess those essential assets of confidence and accuracy, created by energy and strength, which are core factors to have a better conception in the first place. The overall audio isn't what I would call state of the art either, but at the same time I also have to admit that this element makes it sound a little more authentic and not just something that is brought forward to come out as a quickly selling product which rapidly fades away after a while. In spite of my somewhat negative words, this effort is nevertheless a fairly good record with a tendency to go forward.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
5	3	5	4	6

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe