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Band
The Petulant
Title
Dictum
Type
LP/EP
Company
Mighty Music
YOR
2017
Style
Thrash
12/16/2017 - Review by: Eric Compton
Veteran Danish musicians constructing jagged thrash riffs and frosty violence
The Petulant is comprised of seasoned Danish vets from the likes of Crocell, Sacrificial and Mordax. Musically, the band are rigid, constructing jagged thrash riffs that are somewhere between later Wolf and mid-era Witchery. Modern production emphasizes the production, creating a cold climate for this type of extreme frosty violence. Singer Asbjorn Steffensen sounds remarkably like The Haunted vocalist Marco Aro as the whole thing speeds by in a whirlwind of fretwork, energy and sizable mayhem.
Recommended for fans of: Witchery, The Haunted, Carnal Forge, Wolf
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
4
MUSIC
4
VOCALS
4
PRODUCTION
4.5
ARTWORK
1.5
LYRICS
3.5


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REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Dictum
2017
Mighty Music
Eric Compton12/16/2017
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