Torn Apart

Hailing from Austria, the melodic thrashers Uzziel have released their debut album “Torn Apart” in October 2014 via their country fellows Darkspace Music.

The album kicks off with the intro “Children’s Playground” and like the title suggests the song’s sound is offered by a music box toy that’s completed, ahead, by obscure guitar riffs. The melodic thrash metal is the base of the album’s songs, something that’s soon evident with the second track “Like A God”. However, that melody – sometimes a ripping one – is transformed into musical phrases oriented to groove metal. We can also find some punk rock incursions in “Lies” and “Captured By Emptiness” – nevertheless, “Lies” contains some brief technical details delivered by the guitar alternating with the vocals.

Contrasting the previously mentioned sharpened riffs, we can find some smooth passages and choruses including clean and melodic voices – sometimes accompanied by the harsh main voice – reminding me of the Portuguese underground band All Against The World. In turn, the guitar solos, that are hugely present in the album, are also melodious. Among the thrash metal composition, Uzziel didn’t forget about the mother of all the metal’s genres – the heavy metal – and in “Why” there’s a more traditional direction through the mid-tempo and leading moments that are more melodic than the rest. Still, in the end of the record, the band also shows that’s able to do something faster and violent in “Frozen”.

Overall, Uzziel’s new album “Torn Apart” is nothing out of this world and shows nothing new, but they deliver a pleasant and well-played sound.

Originally written at www.againstmagazine.com