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Relentless Aggression - A Shadow Of All Things Broken - Reviewed At Brutalism! Thursday April 8 2021, 8:07 PM

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Relentless Aggression - A Shadow Of All Things Broken - Reviewed At Brutalism ! Check it out here at this link: https://brutalism.com/review/relentless-aggression-a-shadow-of-all-things-broken/

Relentless Aggression are a classic thrash metal band paying a great deal of homage to the old school era of thrash metal. This can definitely be told from listening to their music as it almost identical to early Metallica with some differences.
Old school thrash metal can be easily identified by the fast-distorted guitar and powerful drumming sections alongside shouty/screaming vocals and Relentless Aggression has this.

The album opens with ‘Epitome Of Resentment’ which directly kicks you its main riff and zooms directly into the album. The guitar work behind this album is by far the best aspect of the whole album so I suggest if you’re a fan of the groovier side of thrash and guitar work in general then I would highly suggest listening to Relentless Aggression. However, we are also met with a ongoing problem with the album, that being the vocals. Unfortunately, the vocal work behind this album hasn’t seemed have mixed all to well into the rest of the track sounding as it if the vocals haven’t been mixed correctly into the tracks so they stick out like a saw thumb.

‘My Wrath Prevails’ starts off once again with a unique kick ass guitar riff and soon an edgy drum pattern comes to join. Once again, the vocals come in however this time they sound as the vocalist has put in too much effort to scream whilst not actually screaming so they sound awful.

After the third song we notice a pattern in the album that being that the whole album sounds the same. Every song starts with a guitar riff similar to others on the album then a similar drum pattern and finally the dreadful vocals come in.

However, don’t let this put you off Relentless Aggression they are still an incredibly talented band with near perfect guitar work put in behind it and the riffs are catchy. This album is truly a great homage to the early days of thrash metal, and I think if Relentless Aggression were around at the same time as original the big four they would fit in great.

To summarize this album has plenty of highs and lows and I am excited to see the future for Relentless Aggression.

2 / 5 STARS - Brutalism

Relentless Aggression is an old school thrash metal band from Bergen, Norway . Even if this version of the band is only three years old, the band was originally founded in the mid 80s, under the name Hell Awaits . (No points for guessing where the first inspiration for the band came from). The original drummer was Erik "Grim" Brødreskift , later more known for drumming with black metal bands like Immortal , Gorgoroth and Borknagar . He also got a festival named after him after his death in 1999, the Hole In The Sky Festival in Bergen.

After nearly thirty years concentrating on other bands and other projects, Finn and Yngve decided to record two of the old songs and release it on vinyl. Some of the original songs were just too good to die of old age! The seven inch single was released in 2018 in a very limited number, and quickly became a collector's item. The process of recording the old songs was such a great experience that the band decided to continue their walk down the thrash metal path. New songs started to flow, and it soon was clear that a full length album had to be made. The band entered Solslottet studio with engineer and producer Iver Sandøy ( Enslaved ), and recorded three old songs and seven brand new ones. Iver also did all the studio session drumming.

Four singles have been released on various streaming platforms and two videos have been made. So far the videos have gained more than 15.000 views. The band has also been featured in Norway's most important metal magazine, Scream Magazine .

Some comments on the songs have been: "old Slayer " and "sounds like something that could have been on Metallica 's " KIll 'Em All" . Listen to it yourself and see if you agree.

On the last song on the album the band knew it needed an additional female voice to get the right feeling, so Laura Pleasants from Kylesa was contacted. She liked the song and agreed to do the part the song was missing. The result speaks for itself.

Check out the new video!