{"id":105356,"date":"2025-08-22T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=105356"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:58:43","slug":"album-review-desaster-kill-all-idols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-desaster-kill-all-idols\/","title":{"rendered":"DESASTER – Kill All Idols (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DESASTER
\nKill All Idols<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMetal Blade (2025)<\/span>
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Blackened thrash is the name of the game here, Desaster kicking off their tenth full-length platter with \u2018Great Repulsive Force\u2019, a sizzling hot dose of Satanic fury from a German band that\u2019s been dabbling with the dark arts since the late 80s. Desaster features two longstanding members in the form of co-founder Infernal (guitar) from 1988, and Odin (bass) who joined in 1992. Vocalist Sataniac (vocals) joined the ranks in 2001, and newest recruit Hont (drums) has featured since 2018.<\/p>\n

What you get here is relatively standard but engaging angst from the borders of Hell, although this is without doubt one of Desaster\u2019s rawest manifestations. Stripped back to blackened bone, Kill All Idols<\/em> sounds like a band that\u2019s just starting out; it\u2019s hungry and untamed with injections of well soiled punk alongside flashes, dashes and crashes of Hellhammer and Bathory for good measure.<\/p>\n

However, within their gritty framework, Desaster still manages a degree of variety, more so with the doom-laden \u2018Stellar Remnant\u2019 which comes across as a vile, sneering mix of Autopsy and current Darkthrone<\/a>. It\u2019s my favourite song on the album with its miserable droning guitar and smirking slurs.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the combo opts for the spiteful, punk-spiked yet melodious \u2018Emanation Of The Profane\u2019, which features an almost surfy back drop in its delivery. At it\u2019s more extreme levels the album is a furious whipped whirlwind of destruction. \u2018Ash Cloud Ritual\u2019 is an absolute frenzy of raging drums and black death aesthetics, although Sataniac still manages to channel Autopsy\u2019s Chris Reifert when it comes to his disgusting slurps. \u2018Towards Oblivion\u2019 begins with a primitive slice of lead work before takeoff on a gallop into black-thrash realms as again a devious hook claws at your ears in tandem with the punch of percussion.<\/p>\n

Desaster have always had a knack for finding a catchy melody, but on this album they really have excelled at digging deep into their basement and providing some intriguing New Wave Of British Heavy Metal inspired roughness. \u2018They Are The Law\u2019 is the best example of such an influence, taking a leaf from the Mot\u00f6rhead book of blitzkrieg and ramping it up to thrashy levels, while \u2018Fathomless Victory\u2019 entices with its simmering, straight up metal intro. What the track also exhibits is the band\u2019s ability to construct epic sounding segments by way of a stark guitar and drum duality, and the end result is a mid-tempo doom stride straight from the bowels of Manowar or Manilla Road\u2019s majestic cookbook, but done the Darkthrone way.<\/p>\n

Kill All Idols<\/em> is a triumphant return for Desaster, arrogantly swaggering through the depths of Hades like it was 1988 all over again and proving that evil reigns supreme.<\/p>\n

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

DESASTER Kill All Idols Metal Blade (2025) Rating: 8\/10 Blackened thrash is the name of the game here, Desaster kicking off their tenth full-length platter with \u2018Great Repulsive Force\u2019, a sizzling hot dose of Satanic fury from a German band that\u2019s been dabbling with the dark arts since the late 80s. Desaster features two longstanding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5964],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-desaster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105356","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=105356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105357,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105356\/revisions\/105357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}