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LEAD INJECTOR
Witching Attack

High Roller (2026)
Rating: 8/10

Lead Injector is a trio of rowdy rascals from Germany hellbent on keeping the black speed metal flag burning. Leo (vocals and bass) Jason (guitar) and Justus (drums) make a hell of a racket, brandishing brash barbaric sounds straight from the cauldron of early Sodom. No fucks are given here as the leather-clad cavemen embark upon a hostile journey with a duration just shy of 50 minutes. Yep, the album is too long for this sort of vicious attack, but it’s still a destructive outing that’s as crude as its cover art.

‘Siege Upon Heaven’ opens up the ceremony of chaos and it’s pretty much the same wicked, sniping metal throughout. We’ve all been here before, grasping at those rusty straws for a peek back into an era originally crafted by Venom, so expect no surprises, but do expect to get your crucifix ripped from the wall and shoved down your throat.

Raw, primitive and spitting bone, Lead Injector scurries around the basement of your skull, clambering out of your mouth and puking acid back in your face. Hats off to drummer Justus here for trampling his skins throughout and creating a malevolent blizzard of tight tirades, particularly on the snarling hellfire of ‘Sacrifice This Bitch’.

Often with this sort of blasphemous metal the sound can be quite thin, but in this case there’s a density as if Lead Injectors’ riffs are walls of thick choking smoke. Justus continues his demonic pounding on the lethal ‘Angel Destructor’. The bass grinds like Motörhead beneath the grating waves of riffage. Sandwiched alongside ‘Angel Destructor’ is the toxic flurry of ‘Pest Thrash’ where again there’s that hideous scowling vocal and surging percussion entwined with the gnarly bass.

Hints of old snappy Destruction filters through the rusty gauze, but although much of the album is delivered with haste, ‘Infinite Force’ traipses with such a ghastly menace. The trio sounds even more evil with that steadier grey grind where the rhythm section oozes with malice and sneering energy. In fact, some of this intensity coupled with that twisting, churning riffage reminds me of something out of Norway – an arrogant scathing dollop of nastiness. However, if ever there was a track to transport its audience back to the halcyon days then it’s ‘Evil Executioner’. This particular tirade brings in a punky element alongside the more recognisable vintage Sodom-styled barrages.

Witching Attack is just a ferociously hostile record throughout and one which effortlessly captures the true hideous spirit of early-to-mid 80s sniping thrash.

Neil Arnold

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