Slavekind

While looking the various bio sheets and demo cds, I found several bands that caught my eye. I finally decided on reviewing Fury for this week’s demo review because they are from Australia. I think Australia is awesome and they have a kick ass metal scene that is criminally underrated. The Berzerker, Fuck...I’m Dead, Destroyer 666, and many other excellent bands come from the land down under, so I thought that I’d check Fury out and see how they compare.

Fury play an excellent brand of in your face thrash, somewhat similar to Exodus. No frills, no overblown imagery, just in ballsy kick ass thrash. Nothing that blows me away as a new and dynamic look at the genre, but a worthwhile and entertaining listen none the less. “Slavekind” takes about 4 tracks to get into the swing of things. The first three tracks are kind of slow and uninteresting, the vocals lack the passion and anger of the end of the disc, and are the low point of the album.

Track four is where Fury thrash their hardest. Great, unrelenting, fast, riffing thrash. The drumming is brutal and the guitars are sick. There are some nice riffs throughout the song, especially around the two minute mark where there are some awesome mosh riffs. It isn’t possible to listen to this song and stand still, head banging has never been so fun. Then at the three minute mark there is this monster of a breakdown and the song just continues to pummel the listener.

The rest of the album goes along at the same pace, unrelenting until the very end. No ballads, no weak moments, just balls out thrash. Sure some of the guitar solos are cheesy, but they fit the context of the music perfectly. The aggression doesn’t stop throughout the album and the music is varied enough to keep my interest throughout the album. All in all a great demo, I look forward to their next release.

Originally Published @ www.metaljudgment.com (c) 2003