Uncertain Future

Forced Entry: the umpteenth forgotten reality in the thrash metal panorama of the 80s. Their style, anyway, is quite different from being labelled “classic thrash metal”. What really attract the attention of the listeners are the influences that fill the sound, being progressive and acoustic. The first time I listened to this album was like listening to thrash form of Cynic for the continue tempo changes and the progressive aura that surrounds this music.

As you have understood, where are not concentrated on the sheer violence or speed because here everything is made to be complicated, musically and quite technical. The first track already shows us several tempo changes with acoustic and progressive parts where the bass and the guitars duets are the main point if you really enjoy this kind of music. The vocals are the classic thrash metal one but sometimes the singer chooses more melodic tones and “variety” is the main word also here. The solos are always fast and technical and the following “Kaleidoscope of Pain” is great also for the intricate rhythmic riffage.

The tempo starts to increase despite several breaks and some up tempo parts finally put their head out. It’s very complicated to put out this kind of music without being boring or annoying but the wise alternation of the tempo and the schizophrenic guitars work are astonishing for how much they are compact, precise and not boring at all. I don’t know but “A look Through Glass” always reminded me last Dark Angel stuff-mid Death era for the sounds and the drums triplets over a wall by the rhythmic guitars. The similarities are various in my opinion and also the technique of this band has nothing less than the one by more famous others.

Each song is full of intricate passages and the solos sometimes are just there to support the structures giving a more dramatic and obscure atmosphere with those odds shrills. The bass breaks are numerous and the jazz influences are well audible with lots of difficult passages in a crescendo of speed like in “Anaconda”. The speed attacks are perfectly mixed with the always present technique and sometimes you can hear the strange guitars distortion very well: they have an echoing, almost synthetic sound that is necessary and almost obligatory to play prog thrash.

It’s impossible to mark out each passage because it would be too long and boring for the readers. We must cite, anyway, the faster and thrasher “Unrest They Find” where the guitarist sings too. His voice is really good and somehow bound to the new form of thrash/groove that was growing at the end of the 80s. Overall, it’s a good effort by a too overlooked band. They had the skills and the precision, the technique and the impact. It’s a good example of how thrash metal was evolving by the end of that decade, absorbing several influences.