{"id":102407,"date":"2024-02-10T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102407"},"modified":"2024-02-19T12:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:13:04","slug":"album-review-vaexus-end-of-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-vaexus-end-of-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"VAEXUS – End Of The Line (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

VAEXUS
End Of The Line<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nestled somewhere between Prong, Nailbomb, groove metal and hardcore is Vaexus, the solo project of Saratoga Springs, New York-based musician Dana Allison. This debut offering makes for an entertaining experience, especially when I had jumped to conclusions beforehand that this would be an abrasive tech death outing.<\/p>\n

Right from the opening title track this chugs with an urban menace, bolstered by massive riffs and the muscular vocal chops. I hear streetwise vigour fused with White Zombie too and the result is an album that in spite of its tough exterior is very easy on the ears.<\/p>\n

The riffs on \u2018War Is Peace\u2019 are simple and easy to digest while remaining heavy and bruising. \u2018Living A Lie\u2019 could easily sit comfortably on a White Zombie opus, while \u2018Set This World On Fire\u2019 has a choppiness that edges towards Biohazard. Thankfully, Vaexus never resorts to a nu-metal style but the music most certainly isn\u2019t reflected by the cover art. However, if you dig that sort of inner-city metal where one imagines that every promo video should read like a news broadcast of decay, starvation, deprivation, political perversion and police brutality, then a track like \u2018Obsolete\u2019 may suffice.<\/p>\n

End Of The Line<\/em> is a strangely engaging composition considering that by 1995 I\u2019d somewhat got tired of such ghetto gutter metal, but give Vaexus a support slot on the Prong tour and you just might dig it all.<\/p>\n

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

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