When i saw the FrontCover of this album, i tought it was a gothic band or something. Oh boy!! Night Attack take their hatred and violence to such an astounding level. Fast, brutal, and above all, skilled musicianship abounds in this 2022 monster. There's no shortage of menacing riffs and shredding solos, the drumming suffocates, and the guitar and bass obliterate. All of this is possible due to a truly crushing production job. The vocals in particular destroy everything in their path. Verigo can be no other than the Devil incarnate. He's demonic here, so purely blasphemous. His growling is made all the more frightening by the fact that one can still decipher the lyrics - which are, by the way, evil at its best. Each and every song is worth a listen (hell, they deserve WAY more than that), and no track is weaker than any other. The most memorable may be "Merciless Death". The guitar solos are somewhat atypical for shredders; they are actually highly memorable. Some are fairly long, which in this case is a huge plus. They're extremely intricate and equally deadly and effective. This album's solos are some of the best thrash has to offer, which is saying a lot in a genre known for its solos. The bass playing, instead of quietly following the guitar as bass players are prone to do in metal, it is fairly loud and independently, sometimes rivaling the guitar itself. The drumming is also very sound. Always precise, always powerful, redefines just how fast and how well one can play the drums. The instrumentation along with Verigo's Satanic vocal delivery adds up to a completely devastating listening experience. "The Initiation" is nearly perfect brutal thrash/speed metal, attains a form of perfection based not on technical playing and production, but rather as the definition of extremely violent yet memorable Metal !!
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Review by Paul Caravasi
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