Pure Filth

Yeah, these guys sound a lot like Tank... then, by transitivity, they sound a lot like Motorhead. Well, not as much - Motorhead are pretty much straight-up "smash your head in". These guys are smash-your-head in too, but a bit more epic and melodic at times. Not all that much more melodic, mind you - just enough to differentiate these guys firmly from the first Bathory, for example, in the realm of speed metal. Imagine some Tank, meets the first Iron Maiden LP. You know, the one where they were half punk and all balls.

Anyway... opener "Warning" is a really sloppy version of the first few notes of You Got Another Thing Coming, stretched into a nifty intro. Then, Total Armageddon is 6 minutes - a midpaced, kinda melodic number with the unmelodic shouted, slightly punkish vocals that mark a Tank song, just kinda long. Not overlong - well done.

Then the fast "This Machine Kills" - this is very punkish, decently fast, NWOBHM with a touch of 80s rock. A total winner, headbanging mania, and really fucking catchy. Highlight of the album.

The rest is pretty similar... gang choruses of "Let the Show Go On" is a bit reminiscent of the second Grim Reaper, while Burn the King's Road is total Motorhead fun.

Dance of the Dead, a bit of a melodic intro goes into more straightforward smash-your-face-in stuff. Rose Petals Fall From Her Face - you'd expect this to be a pretty little number, not no, it's the ugliest. A total raw punk attack, different from the rest of the album, complete with obscene Sex Pistols lyrics and Venom attitude.

When all is said and done, a decent example of British speed metal with punk overtones - good stuff, and worth getting, especially for fans of Tank, Motorhead, etcetcetc.