Barbaric Onslaught

It might be a bit too late to review this demo, since only 60 copies of it were released and it’s long sold out, but I missed it back then and finally hunted a copy, and while those who read this are most probably into way older stuff, and since it definitely deserves a review, I don’t really care about how old it is! Today I can say that it’s the same DEATHHAMMER, which’s patch Mr. Necro had on his vest on Darkthrone’s F.O.A.D. cover artwork, which features of 2 young Thrashers from Norway. Despite being Norwegian, these guys sound totally Germaniac and play intense witching Metal as it was 1985. This demo features a weird intro of some man shouting (“Hellish AttaKK”), 2 original songs and an outro, 7.5 minutes lasting in total. In my opinion – the only 2 bad things in this release is the length and the ridiculous as Hell cover “artwork”, but 7 minutes of good music are still better than 40 minutes of beautifully packaged crap, right?

The first song is in their native language (“Metalattentat”) and the second is in English (”Bestial Slaughter”), while musically they sound similar to Kreator’s debut. You know what to expect – riffing madness, vokillz similar to Petrozza’s, and everything is done with the feeling that Kreator themselves lost almost 2 decades ago. The fact that this demo is so short makes me want just to play it much more than once every time I listen to it. It’s not original whatsoever, but it has heart and it’s done with real love and passion that can be heard in the music, unlike in the case of so many other nowadays retro bands that have only the 80’s outlook and image, but play forced and boring music. Check this band out!