{"id":103641,"date":"2024-07-27T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103641"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T09:44:29","slug":"album-review-soldiers-of-rage-new-age-of-inhumanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-soldiers-of-rage-new-age-of-inhumanity\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLDIERS OF RAGE – New Age Of Inumanity (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOLDIERS OF RAGE
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Rating: 5.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Having been created a decade ago by Diogo Jones (vocals and guitar) in Portugal, Soldiers Of Rage has remained inactive to say the least. Now rocking out of the UK, the band has finally issued a debut full-length album which fuses thrash and groove metal.<\/p>\n

At times, there\u2019s a decidedly late 90s feel to the flow and mechanics as the four-piece churns out robust if somewhat colourless metal. There\u2019s a great deal of muscularity on offer alongside confrontational grooves, especially in the barked vocals, which tend to grate after a few songs. Soldiers Of Rage belong in the same league \u2013 although lower down \u2013 as Lamb Of God, and to a lesser extent Machine Head.<\/p>\n

Each track is direct and punchy, but bereft of identity. This means that very quickly such blasts and shouts become not just bland but dated outbursts as the likes of \u2018Fists Of Violence\u2019 and \u2018I Will Not Be Turned\u2019 attempt to get up in your face.<\/p>\n

Sure, the album is dotted with some catchy riffs, highlights being \u2018Restlessness From The Dead\u2019 and the chugging \u2018Dipsomaniac\u2019, but there\u2019s nothing here I haven\u2019t heard before. Slot Soldiers Of Rage on a bill with classic Pantera and not so classic Slayer<\/a> and Machine Head and you\u2019ve got yourself a tidy macho band to open up.<\/p>\n

Thrash elements aren\u2019t afraid to creep in, \u2018Pits Of Society\u2019 is decent as is \u2018Living By The Irony\u2019, but it\u2019s just not a musical style that I can warm to. I would need to grow me a beard, get some tattoos and get to the gym before I could even begin to appreciate such dynamics.<\/p>\n

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

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