A new and eventually last demo from swedish Tyranex would appear on 2009 under the title “The Evil Has Arrived”. And indeed this demo sounds way eviler than the previous one. While the speed and thrash metal elements already shown on “Blade Of The Sacrificer” demo keep staying present (and strong!) they now add some more aggressivity, probably helped by the inclusion of a second guitar player and a new drummer. Tuukka’s drums are actually more than generous on blast beats and make the band sound sometimes closer to a extreme metal act, something you could actually wonder about if it wasn’t because of the shrieking clean voice of Linnea. This time, besides the raspy vocals we can hear plenty of high pitched screams and even some kind of King Diamond tribute at the end of the first track. For me Linnea’s awesome vocals are with no doubt the highlight of Tyranex; even if everything else works just as fine you can’t simply avoid to pay most attention on her voice.
Now talking about the songs I must say that “The Evil Has Arrived” and ”Hellride” are simply a blast, and while “Spit Back (In Their Faces)” is probably the less impressive track of the demo it is still very good. The demo finishes with a re-arranged version of “Blade Of The Sacrificer” which this time sounds even faster and totally killer, although in some bizarre way I kind of prefer the old version… but don’t ask me why because I simply don’t know.
A demo you all should own, this is gold!!!