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Band
Warbringer
Title
Waking Into Nightmares
Type
LP/EP
Company
Century Media
YOR
2009
Style
Thrash
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4/16/2010 - Review by: Greg Watson

Warbringer
Waking Into Nightmares

Company: Century Media Records
Release: 2009
Genre: Thrash
Reviewer: Chaoslord

  • Will melt your face down to a bubbling mess



    • Holy freakin' crap, where have I been hiding to have missed this band? This is one of the newer bands that I have stumbled on that have blown my head open as if Dirty Harry Callahan thought I had called him a punk and told him to make my day.

    Taking a cue straight from early era Slayer, Warbringer comes guns blazin' right out of the gates. The vocals are reminiscent of Reign in Blood Slayer and Fabulous Disaster Exodus. The guitars are a well balanced mix of melody and speed, with some technical work thrown in to melt your face down to a bubbling mess. The drums and bass bring up the back end and fatten up the track. Trust me, I blew a few speakers blasting this one.

    From start to finish, Waking Into Nightmares is a quality release. Now let me say that while these guys remind me of Slayer a whole lot, they have their own sound and style going on as well. The vocals have some grit and screaming to them and the riffs are incredibly catchy, which lead to a lot of head banging.

    I do not know how much press these guys have received over this record, but for those of you looking for a great quality album that won't hurt the wallet too much, this album is a must own. I definitely look forward to what this band brings in the future and hope and pray to the metal gods that it continues to be as heavy and nasty as this album is.


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      4.5 :AVE RATING

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    IV-Empires Collapse
    2013
    Century Media
    		Greg Watson11/1/2013
    5
    One By One the Wicked Fall
    2006
    Independent
    		Frank Hill8/17/2007
    4
    Waking Into Nightmares
    2009
    Century Media
    		Greg Watson4/16/2010
    4.5
    Woe to the Vanquished
    2017
    Napalm
    		Greg Watson3/27/2017
    2.5
    Worlds Torn Asunder
    2011
    Century Media
    		David Loveless10/14/2011
    5

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    INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
    John KevillGreg Watson3/23/2012


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