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| Rating: 3.5/5 |
BLACK TRIP
GOIN' UNDER
PROSTHETIC RECORDS
BY EERIE ERICAre you sick of tight, rocking throwback bands from Sweden yet? Of course not. You know why you’re not sick of these bands? Because they always manage to sound so freakin’ good. Throwback hate generally comes in the form of those incessant gripes that retro-leaning bands are “unoriginal” or “uninspired” rip-off artists. Bands that gain their inspiration from the past are seldom given credit for writing creative music. Instead they tend to get the scoff treatment. My thoughts on that perspective? It’s a crock of a shit. People who make those claims against retro bands have probably never written a song, nor had the pleasure of making music before. Five seconds was all it took for me to realize that Black Trip’s “Going Under” is the kind of record that could silence those naysayers, (because there will undoubtedly be naysayers regardless of all the musicians’ individual contributions to the Swedish death metal scene, like Nifelheim, Exhumed and Necrophobic.) Only now, instead of guttural growls and blitzkrieg riffing, these fine musicians have given us a howling throwback that still sounds fresh and original, one that’s sure to make all the NWOBHM lovers out throw the horns and scream for vengeance.
