{"id":101764,"date":"2023-10-13T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=101764"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T13:30:17","slug":"album-review-sadistic-force-midnight-assassin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-sadistic-force-midnight-assassin\/","title":{"rendered":"SADISTIC FORCE – Midnight Assassin (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SADISTIC FORCE
Midnight Assassin<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHorror Pain Gore Death Productions \/ GoatThrone \/ Mercenary Press \/ Postmortem Apocalypse (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Being the creation of Texan vocalist \/ guitarist James Oliver, Sadistic Force is a black-thrash attack that has existed for three years and in that time we have seen several releases, including a couple of EPs \u2013 Pain, Sex, And Rapture<\/em> and Black Moon Sadism<\/em><\/a> \u2013 and a scorching debut full-length album entitled Aces Wild<\/em><\/a> in 2021. Oliver is joined here by Blaine Dismukes (bass \/ backing vocals) and Jose Alcaraz (drums \/ backing vocals), which is the same line-up from the last outing and so it\u2019s no surprise that the tracks served up on Midnight Assassin<\/em> are of similar design.<\/p>\n

What you get whipped by is a raw, speeding hellfest summed up by the potent sneer of the title track which begins like Darkthrone<\/a> in current retro mode but unravels as something more volatile. The same goes for the tumultuous \u2018Speeding Black Leather Hell\u2019; admittedly generic in its scathing prowess but equally it\u2019s as infectious. The vocals have that throaty snarl and the guitars streak to the demonic rattling if bass and drum.<\/p>\n

Ripping through a variety of influences, ranging from old Slayer<\/a>, old Metallica, Venom and Mot\u00f6rhead, Sadistic Force are a foreboding aural assailant to take on, and it\u2019s the lethal drums and menacing atmosphere which really drive this outing along. In spite of the lack of originality, the horror themes (damn, the record was even released on a Friday 13th!) and attitudes displayed really entertain.<\/p>\n

\u2018Campaign Of Sin\u2019 begins like Darkthrone doing Hellhammer, \u2018Nuremberg Nights\u2019 kicks in with a galloping drum and marries Mot\u00f6rhead with something off of Metallica\u2019s Kill \u2019Em All<\/em><\/a> album, and \u2018Marked For Death\u2019 chugs like a blackened Anthrax. There\u2019s some serious metal going on here that\u2019ll get a corpse head banging, and that\u2019s a compliment to the riveting tunes this trio supplies. \u2018Howl Of The Horde\u2019 is punky thrash, \u2018The Butcher\u2019s Apron\u2019 is more of a straightforward Bay Area steamroller and \u2018Corpsewood Curse\u2019 zips with a clinical vim.<\/p>\n

Midnight Assassin<\/em> is a fine return from Sadistic Force and I\u2019m sure that I\u2019ll be spinning this fireball on Halloween and beyond.<\/p>\n

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

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