...in the Name of Thrash Metal

South America often guarantees very roughly produced extreme metal, but in the case of Extreme (!) Attack I have ironically determined that they are able to deliver remarkably elaborate thrash. For example, the quasi-title cut, "Thrash Metal", starts with a razor sharp riff and sounds like classic Forbidden stuff. It is fast without being chaotic and possesses the necessary degree of melody. A nice detail is that the lead singer reports to an unknown genre called seemingly "trash" metal, but that does not bother me, however.

Extreme Attack are not fixed to thrash metal in the manner previously described. They are also familiar with relevant German releases of the eighties. The crude "Metal Slave", for example, bursts out like an early tantrum of Kreator. It puts the focus on aggression and neglects technical refinement. It surprises further with a novel bass break. Hopefully Tom Angelripper will never hear it, otherwise he probably will be filled with bitterness that he did not invent it back in 1984. His Ecuadorian brother in crime, bassist and lead singer Patricio Viveros, is not the greatest thrash metal vocalist of all time. His nagging is solid without setting a new standard. Thank God he cannot be confused with those Donald Ducks who disguise themselves as metal singers.

The musicians permanently hold up the energy level. The song titles underline that - "War Never Ends", "Assassin", "War Is Shit" and so on. Do not try to find new aspects in the lyrics. It is much more important that the band presents a mixture of enthusiasm, passion and unconcern that culminates in a couple of very good tunes. The rapid "War Never Ends", for example, offers an outstanding chorus while "Hell´s Priest" lives on its very high dynamic. "Hell Is Your Destiny" begins with distinctive drum staccato and a fine riff. Unfortunately, its long outro - sounds of a battle - hurts the flow of the album. Apart from that, perhaps a few parts of the songs do not seem to be brand new, but they do not copy and that is the main thing.

Despite my prejudice, the Ecuadorian horde convinces with a clear and appropriate production. It can be compared easily with European or North American outputs.

The poorly constructed cover is worthless rubbish, the amateurish implementation of a ridiculous subject. There is huge potential for optimization in this respect, not least because the intro delivers the soundtrack to the cover motif, but this is ultimately regardless in view of the fact that the music of Extreme Attack is great entertainment.