{"id":100294,"date":"2023-06-01T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=100294"},"modified":"2023-06-12T13:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:54:58","slug":"album-review-manic-centuries-of-spilled-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-manic-centuries-of-spilled-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"MANIC – Centuries Of Spilled Blood (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANIC
Centuries Of Spilled Blood<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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For those of you who continue to feel underwhelmed by Metallica\u2019s alleged \u201cthrash\u201d comeback, why not hop on board this actual thrash experience hammered out by San Diego, California-based upstarts Manic. These guys are now onto their second full-length outing and in my opinion this is where your hard earned money should be going. Thrash, in spite of numerous successes within its folds, has always been about the underground and it\u2019s down to bands like Manic which keep the true spirit alive.<\/p>\n

Centuries Of Splilled Blood<\/em> comes armed with a hefty amount of aggressive numbers daubed in old school aesthetics from the snappy, almost crossover thrash vocal snaps to the speedy riffs. However, within this hostile landscapes there are clever melodious passages and some intelligent choruses from the off with the excellent \u2018Never Ending Slaughter\u2019.<\/p>\n

This is some seriously good thrash metal that veers away from the generic drunken goofiness of many of today\u2019s pretenders. Instead, this album nips at your heels in spiteful fashion while caressing the grey matter with its multitude of layers. The methodical chugging of \u2018Il Coloseo\u2019 melts into the equally measured \u2018Sacrificial Ruins\u2019, but elsewhere \u2018The Conqueror\u2019 has a punky Anthrax-like swing.<\/p>\n

Each track offers variety in the same way a lot of Bay Area bands did in the 80s. Subtlety may be scant but it does exist and those infectious chugs are sure to get the heads banging, with \u2018For Us\u2019 being a prime example of such raging fluidity as is \u2018Robotic Citizens\u2019 which slips into zipping thrash.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so good and refreshing to hear genuine thrash metal and after heavy rotation I\u2019d go as far to say that this is one of the year\u2019s finest albums when it comes to the crunch. Time then to start a real mosh pit, and I don\u2019t mean one of those perfectly orchestrated wrestling Battle Royal\u2019s put on by 16-year-old Slipknot fans.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANICCenturies Of Spilled Blood Self-released (2023)Rating: 8.5\/10 For those of you who continue to feel underwhelmed by Metallica\u2019s alleged \u201cthrash\u201d comeback, why not hop on board this actual thrash experience hammered out by San Diego, California-based upstarts Manic. These guys are now onto their second full-length outing and in my opinion this is where your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5390],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-manic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100295,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100294\/revisions\/100295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}