From This Day Forward

“From this Day Forward” is Obliveon’s first effort and from what I’ve heard, their best. It signifies what technical old school thrash should sound like. It’s got the speed, the technicality, and the aggression that all thrash should have.

The production is amazing. All the instruments are audible. The drums are loud and powerful, the guitars are heavy, the bass is present in the mix but too overly loud, and the vocals go over top perfectly. I can’t really think of one flaw in the production. I’m not sure where they recorded this but whoever did definitely knew what they were doing.

The music on this album is very technical. Now, I don’t mean technical as in weird time signatures and very off rhythm riffs, I mean how challenging the riffs sound to play. There are plenty of bass standouts which further show how good everyone in this band actually is. Yes, this album has a lot of the standard thrash beats, but this drummer adds some more to the music with crazy fills and cymbal work similar to Sean Reinert on Death’s “Human” album. Also, another aspect of this album that makes it more interesting is the almost atmospheric intros and breaks. A good example of this is, “From this Day Forward” and “Across to the Acropolis”.

The only negative thing I have to say about this album is the song lengths. I think they could’ve split some songs in two or shortened them, but it’s not a big enough flaw to do any damage.

If you haven’t heard this album, you’re missing out on a true old school thrash album. Probably one of more technical thrash metal out there and if you are a fan of that sort of thing, definitely check this out.

Best tracks – “Droidomized”, “From this Day Forward”, and “Across to the Acropolis”