{"id":46445,"date":"2016-07-31T14:46:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T14:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?page_id=46445"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:27:37","slug":"album-ep-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-ep-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/title_4.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"291\" align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/latestalbumreviews.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/site\/album-review-acid-reign-daze-of-the-week\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/acidreign_dazeoftheweek.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"291\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"smalltitle\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-acid-reign-daze-of-the-week\/\">ACID REIGN \u2013 Daze Of The Week<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nDripping with energy and urgency, the new album from British thrashers Acid Reign just has its finger on the pulse when it comes to delivering the goods.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/ep-review-exorcist-the-first-exorcism\/\">EXORCIST &#8211; The First Exorcism EP<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-flotsam-and-jetsam-rats-in-the-temple\/\">FLOTSAM AND JETSAM &#8211; Rats In The Temple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-brainbath-headhunted\/\">BRAINBATH &#8211; HeadHunted<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-squalor-dark-side-of-the-sun\/\">SQUALOR &#8211; Dark Side Of The Sun<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/ep-review-barracuda-barracuda\/\">BARRACUDA &#8211; Barracuda EP<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-sinner-boom-bang-goodbye\/\">SINNER &#8211; Boom Bang Goodbye<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-torpor-dungeon-descent\/\">TORPOR &#8211; \u0110ungeon \u0110escent<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-pseudomaimer-the-necrodivine\/\">PSEUDOMAIMER &#8211; The Necrodivine<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-sepulcrum-lacerator\/\">SEPULCRUM &#8211; Lacerator<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-funerary-outlook-temporal-mutations\/\">FUNERARY OUTLOOK &#8211; Temporal Mutations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-coprolith-putrescence\/\">COPROLITH &#8211; Putrescence<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<\/tr>\n<tr><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"40\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"291\" align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/archivealbumreviews.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/site\/album-review-exodus-bonded-by-blood\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/exodus_bondedbyblood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"291\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"smalltitle\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-exodus-bonded-by-blood\/\">EXODUS \u2013 Bonded By Blood (1985)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe debut offering from Exodus is a classic album in the thrash metal sense which is sure to be sneered at by the unconverted and mainstream media.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-led-zeppelin-led-zeppelin\/\">LED ZEPPELIN &#8211; Led Zeppelin (1969)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-black-sabbath-black-sabbath\/\">BLACK SABBATH &#8211; Black Sabbath (1970)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-slayer-show-no-mercy\/\">SLAYER &#8211; Show No Mercy (1983)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-pantera-metal-magic\/\">PANTERA &#8211; Metal Magic (1983)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-grim-reaper-see-you-in-hell\/\">GRIM REAPER &#8211; See You In Hell (1983)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-satan-court-in-the-act\/\">SATAN &#8211; Caught In The Act (1983)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-tokyo-blade-tokyo-blade\/\">TOKYO BLADE &#8211; Tokyo Blade (1983)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-candlemass-nightfall\/\">CANDLEMASS \u2013 Nightfall (1987)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-metallica-and-justice-for-all\/\">METALLICA \u2013 &#8230;And Justice For All (1988)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-judas-priest-ram-it-down\/\">JUDAS PRIEST \u2013 Ram It Down (1988)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/bullet.gif\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/site\/album-review-anthrax-state-of-euphoria\/\">ANTHRAX \u2013 State Of Euphoria (1988)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" 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