{"id":105109,"date":"2025-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=105109"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:27:33","slug":"album-review-lucille-dawn-of-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-lucille-dawn-of-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"LUCILLE – Dawn Of Destruction (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LUCILLE
\nDawn Of Destruction<\/strong><\/span>
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\nDying Victims Productions (2025)<\/span>
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Now here\u2019s a band that has taken its time releasing a full-length debut. Eight years into their career and with just a sole EP (Too Proud To Beg For Mercy<\/em>, 2021) under their leather belts, this Polish thrash combo unleashes Dawn Of Destruction<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The musical premise here is a style carved from the roots of old Slayer<\/a> and Kreator. Sharp, snappy rusty metal kitted out in black leather and studs may be the familiar order of the day, but damn, these lads know how to build a song. Opener \u2018Brand New World\u2019 is an absolute monster of a track with a variation of melodic riffs carved into its trunk. The bass rattles like a cupboard full of skeletons before a vintage Megadeth<\/a>-styled groove comes into focus. And the vocals of guitarist Daniel Ramone are not a world away from the dry yaps of Kreator\u2019s Mille Petrozza.<\/p>\n

I assume, but could be wrong, that the band is named after the barbed-wire baseball bat used by villain \u201cNegan\u201d in the television series The Walking Dead<\/em>. If this is the case then the moniker suits the quartet, because their concise tirades do tend to leave severe bruises. \u2018Genetic Curse\u2019 has the feel of an early 80s heap of satanic thrash; the riff is rough, the drums are primitive clatters and the shift between nasty speed and slightly less harmful punky riffage is to be admired.<\/p>\n

As the album opens itself up one can hear the strong influence of Slayer\u2019s Show No Mercy<\/em><\/a> (1983) and Kreator\u2019s Pleasure To Kill<\/em> (1986); a lethal concoction of raw snarling aggression and devilish melody. Even through its limited strategies and blasphemous familiarity there\u2019s a sooty charm which enables songs like \u2018Nightstalker\u2019 to run their zany course to full effect.<\/p>\n

I actually prefer Lucille when they are less hostile, instead concentrating on deeper, slower menace. I love the opening ominous threat of the title tune and its subsequent gallop. \u2018On Your Knees\u2019 and \u2018Thrash Resurrection\u2019 are straight up caustic riots, \u2018Machine Of Death\u2019 much less so with its slower, rhythmic aggression.<\/p>\n

As an old thrasher I found much to savour here, but this style of retro thrash most certainly has a short life span. Enjoy Lucille\u2019s debut while it still seems fresh, but don\u2019t be afraid to revisit the original masters of the genre to put this sort of throwback thrash into perspective.<\/p>\n

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

LUCILLE Dawn Of Destruction Dying Victims Productions (2025) Rating: 7\/10 Now here\u2019s a band that has taken its time releasing a full-length debut. Eight years into their career and with just a sole EP (Too Proud To Beg For Mercy, 2021) under their leather belts, this Polish thrash combo unleashes Dawn Of Destruction. The musical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5935],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-lucille"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105109","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=105109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105112,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105109\/revisions\/105112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}