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Band
Thunderblast
Title
Invaders From Another World
Type
LP/EP
Company
Pure Steel
YOR
2011
Style
Power
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1/12/2012 - Review by: Eric Compton

Thunderblast
Invaders From Another World

Company: Pure Steel
Release: 2011
Genre: Power
Reviewer: EC

  • A riff bonanza of high speed metal



    • Seven year lapse between the band's debut and this new one called "Invaders From Another World". The band obviously used some of that span to perfect this second effort--pure Columbian power thrash and what I consider the "Monster Energy Drink" of 2011. Phelipe and the boys are a riff bonanza of high speed metal, screaming while beating it senseless. Drums are the driving force with Neanderthal skins that remind me of Brent Smedley's performance on early Iced Earth. The whole record sounds like a cross of Iced Earth and Rage, speed and finesse playing the roles for Thunderblast. The writing is deep in science fiction and horror from zombie uprising to genetic experiments gone awry. A few sound effects are scattered around for an atmosphere that matches the "Left For Dead" style artwork.


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      4 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: THUNDERBLAST
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    		 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Invaders From Another World
    2011
    Pure Steel
    		Eric Compton1/12/2012
    4
    Warzone
    2004
    Independent
    		Eric Compton5/26/2005
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    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: THUNDERBLAST
    INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
    Felipe FrancoEric Compton1/13/2012
    Felipe FrancoEric Compton6/5/2005


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