Architorture – World Peace
I was expecting this second album of Finnish band Architorture to start with two minutes of pointless noise as an intro, called 'Dark Matter Annihilation', like bands tend to do these days when they introduce their albums, but no they actually start their album with an instrumental piece like thrash bands used to do back in the 1980s with a rip your face off piece instead that leads straight into 'Necromancy Amplifier'. The riff that opens it gives you no indication as to outright savagery that you are about to be subjected to as that opening riff is beaten to a pulp by another skin stripper and oblique increase in pace. "World Peace" is loaded to the brim with riffs, in fact they teem from every song as the opening song has yet another vicious one straight after it. The vocals are excellent, cleanly delivered, decipherable, no ugly shouting that you can’t understand, the guy means business.
'Addition' continues the aural thuggery with unmitigated sonic violence and rampant speed that abruptly diverts into mid-tempo and an interesting vocal variation that I really liked. The bass riff interjection is immense as the snapping pace returns and has a slight crossover feel and like I said this band has riffs teeming from them. Slowing marginally is 'Gone With The Blastwave' with its very catchy riff that is spliced together with intermittent frenetic speed bursts. The constantly fluxing velocities make this album so engaging, it never rests on one riff or period too long as the album has a breather on 'Immaculate Darkness' by using a sample and build up sequence on guitar, that has a slight Sabbath touch, I kid you not. The ominous aura of it builds up in tension right up to the impulsive riff insertion and stamping down on the gas. The song has a backing vocal chant too which is very different that I didn’t expect but it works as yet another switch in riff materialises and what a switch it is as it leads into a breakneck lead solo.
'Massacre 912', a track I am assuming is about the Jonestown Massacre in 1978 is utter bedlam after the sample and hurtles along with consummate viciousness and contrasts hugely with the epic 'Blood God', an eight minute thrashing extravaganza formulated like the thrash epics used to be in the 1980s. The song gradually escalates and has a catchy riff not too dissimilar to Metallica before a massive surge in speed. Relentless and bordering pandemonium the track hurtles along incessantly before reining in the speed. The lead break is swift, elongated before the track returns to the speed and more soloing towards the songs climax. Closing the album is the title track, a short nasty and vitriolic tune that reminds you that Architorture are one ferocious thrash band.
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'Addition' continues the aural thuggery with unmitigated sonic violence and rampant speed that abruptly diverts into mid-tempo and an interesting vocal variation that I really liked. The bass riff interjection is immense as the snapping pace returns and has a slight crossover feel and like I said this band has riffs teeming from them. Slowing marginally is 'Gone With The Blastwave' with its very catchy riff that is spliced together with intermittent frenetic speed bursts. The constantly fluxing velocities make this album so engaging, it never rests on one riff or period too long as the album has a breather on 'Immaculate Darkness' by using a sample and build up sequence on guitar, that has a slight Sabbath touch, I kid you not. The ominous aura of it builds up in tension right up to the impulsive riff insertion and stamping down on the gas. The song has a backing vocal chant too which is very different that I didn’t expect but it works as yet another switch in riff materialises and what a switch it is as it leads into a breakneck lead solo.
'Massacre 912', a track I am assuming is about the Jonestown Massacre in 1978 is utter bedlam after the sample and hurtles along with consummate viciousness and contrasts hugely with the epic 'Blood God', an eight minute thrashing extravaganza formulated like the thrash epics used to be in the 1980s. The song gradually escalates and has a catchy riff not too dissimilar to Metallica before a massive surge in speed. Relentless and bordering pandemonium the track hurtles along incessantly before reining in the speed. The lead break is swift, elongated before the track returns to the speed and more soloing towards the songs climax. Closing the album is the title track, a short nasty and vitriolic tune that reminds you that Architorture are one ferocious thrash band.
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1. Dark Matter Annihilation
2. Necromancy Amplifier
3. Addiction
4. Gone With The Blastwave
5. Weapon With Consciousness
6. Immaculate Darkness
7. Massacre 912
8. Blood God
9. World Peace
2. Necromancy Amplifier
3. Addiction
4. Gone With The Blastwave
5. Weapon With Consciousness
6. Immaculate Darkness
7. Massacre 912
8. Blood God
9. World Peace
