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Sweden’s Methane are about to return with their second full length LP entitled Kill It With Fire. Having already passed their ten-year anniversary as a band in 2022, they are certainly not in a rush to expand their discography. Good things come to those who wait, apparently, so let’s see if our patience is to be rewarded.

Methane are straight to the point. There are no fancy atmospheric intro’s here; Kill It With Fire kicks off in explosive style with the title track bounding into action from the very start. Tim Scott’s rough and ready vocal roar coupled with the equally unpolished drum clatter give Methane a suitably abrasive sound. This isn’t going to be pretty… which is great news!

Accuser opens with an expletive-laden soundbite courtesy of your local Walmart religious nutter (check out the clip here if you haven’t witnessed the “woman-witch” before). Thrash metal based upon a viral YouTube clip doesn’t exactly scream ‘Old School’ but this crazy lady is scary and unhinged enough to carry this bouncy and slightly light-hearted track. The towering guitars and victorious chorus-line ensures it’s not a throwaway effort, by any means.

Moving on, the double punch of Declare Chaos and Shock and Awe collide in a muddy Sodom meets Slayer battlefield. Abrupt, sharp-edged riffing accompanied by an Araya-style vocal delivery takes Methane into that classic thrash realm of everything military and war inspired. Shock and Awe particularly proves to be one of the standout tracks from the album.

Shout out to Eka Saputra who captures this album vibe perfectly with the artwork. The fire-scorched cover is in the vein of classic Ed Repka, as some unfortunate folk are depicted fleeing winged demons emerging from flames behind them. Typical Saturday night scenes really…

Blood Red Sky proves to be a little more epic in delivery, with the call and reply vocals shared with CJ Sciosia (Blood Feast); this Native American inspired track has a few more layers to it than is typical on this record. The groovier Down in the Gutter follows, before the grand finale of Thin The Herd erupts into life. Soaring guitars, battering ram riffs and a big vocal that Chuck Billy would be proud of all come together to bring Kill It With Fire to a cataclysmic end.

So there you have it. Methane have come up with the goods and Kill It With Fire has certainly been worth that wait. Much like Xentrix did a few months back, Methane have delivered a no-nonsense album of pure thrash metal. Stubbornly brutal in approach, there are no frills, bells or whistles attached to this album; just some big old explosions of aural warfare.

4 out of 5 stars (4 / 5) - metalepidemic

Release Date: January 27, 2023

FFO: Onslaught, Pantera, Slayer, Kreator

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

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The album reverberates unapologetic thrash metal guitar riffing courtesy of guitarists Jimi Masterbo and Markus Grundstrom paired with the intense drumming of newly inducted drummer Jonathan Fundin . The album also features a colaboration with CJ Scioscia from New York City area thrash legends Blood Feast , who shreds a solo on track 5 ' A Blood Red Sky '.

Tim commented in a press release "The lyrics for the album have a darkened tone of irony about our contemporary societal woes and some deeply personal songs as well, of life and all its miseries. The music on the album sounds brutal, we really got a sick mix of old school thrash and heavy pit provoking groove riffs."

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The music video depicts today's society, social media junkies hopped up Facebook likes. The idea for the song came from a day Tim was going through his friends list, deleting people that had no reason to be there. " I was culling them, deleting someone from your page is worse than death for some people. I think we are all going fuckin' crazy. Its a virus and we're all infected"