Entrenched - Preemptive Strike
Thoroughly “dug into” in the war inspired death/thrash genre, Entrenched debut release has been on my radar for a while now. Since buying this glorious juggernaut a couple of months back, I have had this in heavy rotation. Ok, you are going to come up with the comparisons to Bolt Thrower, Engorge, Hail of Bullets, Dismember and any other band that cares to write about war, but Entrenched do not thunder through any battlefield with merely a death metal attack in mind, there is some heavy thrash chugging, even a few moments of blast beating, but ok, I have to admit, it is war death metal especially during certain sections of the outstanding ‘Anesthetic Death’ and ‘Burnt and Destroyed’ to name a couple. The vocals sound dated (I mean that in no disrespectful way), they are what would call authentic, the way these are recorded makes you feel quite at home in the entrusted filth of Sean Fitzpatrick (who also plays bass and guitars - this is a two man effort with Charles Snyder taking the time keeping helm).
The aforementioned ‘Burnt and Destroyed’ has a great thrash step up during the guitar solo, as does the ‘Intro (Mobilze’), before doing feet first back into the muddy mire of all things earthy and in some cases rotten death admiration, like ‘Bred to Kill’. The recording is not perfect, the drums can be a little thin in places, but it is a release that could submit some listeners to cannon fodder, rather than the band being labelled as this. Breaking into a tried and tested formula, Entrenched are an exciting prospect, and if ‘Preemptive Strike’ is anything to go by, this band rapidly need to acquire a few more members and hit the road to destroy the concert halls around these lands, this will be their field of glory (oh so many puns!), but for now Basque in the tirade of some quality heavy tunes with some ripping guitar work solidifying Entrenched’s backbone and passion.
The aforementioned ‘Burnt and Destroyed’ has a great thrash step up during the guitar solo, as does the ‘Intro (Mobilze’), before doing feet first back into the muddy mire of all things earthy and in some cases rotten death admiration, like ‘Bred to Kill’. The recording is not perfect, the drums can be a little thin in places, but it is a release that could submit some listeners to cannon fodder, rather than the band being labelled as this. Breaking into a tried and tested formula, Entrenched are an exciting prospect, and if ‘Preemptive Strike’ is anything to go by, this band rapidly need to acquire a few more members and hit the road to destroy the concert halls around these lands, this will be their field of glory (oh so many puns!), but for now Basque in the tirade of some quality heavy tunes with some ripping guitar work solidifying Entrenched’s backbone and passion.
- Intro (Mobilize)
- Bred To Kill
- ICBM
- Landbrecher 666
- Frenzied Amputation
- Anesthetic Death
- Burnt And Destroyed
- Tooth And Nail
- Dropping The Tzar Bomb
