Marquee Records
The 80’s is an era that
has marked the heavy metal sound, since most of the genres we know now were
formed back then. In the mid 80’s there were bands that wanted to play loud and
fast without being categorized as thrash metal. I think that this is how the
speed metal sound was formed and here I have for you a perfect representative
of this sound.
THE COVER: On the cover you can see a man’s hands with a tattoo which
has the word maniac (like the secondary title of the song “Vicious Attack”)
holding a knife and a hook and grabbing his victim who is a woman. The cover
could really be a poster of a horror film which would have as a main character
a serial killer, but also fits to the band’s lyrics and its music too.
MUSICAL STYLE: ABBATOIR definitely belong to what we call speed
metal sound. This means that you will listen to up tempo songs with fast leads
and catchy melodies that owe a lot both to IRON MAIDEN and JUDAS PRIEST. The
element that makes ABATTOIR stand out is that they manage to sound both
aggressive and yet melodic. It is the kind of release that a fan of band’s like
SAVAGE GRACE, EXCITER, METALLICA of the first album and HALLOWS EVE would
appreciate. This album was released back in the 80’s, but believe me when I say
that it still sounds as if it was first released in our present days. It is
dynamic, melodic and catchy as hell.
CONCLUSION: It is nice to see that labels like Marquee Records give the
chance to both old and new fans to add to their collection such a release like
“Vicious Attack”. An album that comes from the 80’s with compositions that can
easily be characterized as classic for the speed metal sound.
Nick
“Verkaim” Parastatidis
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