{"id":102538,"date":"2024-02-23T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102538"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:13:21","slug":"album-review-skyrmisher-violent-onslaught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-skyrmisher-violent-onslaught\/","title":{"rendered":"SKYRMISHER – Violent Onslaught (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SKYRMISHER
Violent Onslaught<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This German five-piece began life in 2013 as Incurable before changing their name in 2018. Since becoming Skyrmisher they have released an EP, Extractor Hood<\/em>, in 2019 and now this debut full-length album.<\/p>\n

The strikingly bad cover art conceals a very contemporary thrash \/ death outing that does grow on you. I\u2019m rarely a sucker for modern thrash, but this release fuses aggression and melody in equal measures alongside some truly ferocious vocals courtesy of Jan Wiegratz. His style is not a world away from Master\u2019s Paul Speckmann although it\u2019s more flurry, less sneer. Musically, the shifts between pace and measured tones is admirable and for me it\u2019s the melodious, slower stuff that works best.<\/p>\n

\u2018Kill The Caretaker\u2019 is a good example of the mid-tempo chugs that work well in contrast to the vicious vocal serenade. \u2018Der Madenmann\u2019 is another standout with its machine gun riffs and equally militant percussion and is where the band comes into its own and showcases its deathlier side. Elsewhere, \u2018SL16\u2019 fuses a hostile death-thrash with groove metal, \u2018On My Way\u2019 is a short and sharp speed blast, namesake track \u2018Skyrmisher\u2019 is glinting with a mocking ferocity, particularly in the crisp drums, and \u2018War\u2019 rips like a fearsome mutation of Sodom and Master.<\/p>\n

You can hear the Teutonic branding stamped all over this album, and while it\u2019s not old school in design it is still a formidable yet accessible thrash slab of stinging metal.<\/p>\n

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

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