{"id":105658,"date":"2025-10-31T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=105658"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:41:13","slug":"album-review-redshark-sudden-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-redshark-sudden-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"REDSHARK – Sudden Impact (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

REDSHARK
\nSudden Impact<\/strong><\/span>
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\nListenable (2025)<\/span>
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thirteen years after forming, Catalan metalheads Redshark serve up their second full-length record, Sudden Impact<\/em>, and it\u2019s the alarm call you need to set you on your way. With feet firmly embedded in the fast n\u2019 furious 80s metal scene, this is an album that conjures the swirling brilliance of Savatage and Judas Priest as the opening title track proves that Redshark is a band which takes no prisoners.<\/p>\n

Vocalist Pau Correas has the sort of vocal style suited to late 80s power metal, conjuring echoes of Vicious Rumors and Metal Church as the Spanish combo resorts to borderline thrash exploits hinting at Accept. There\u2019s no holding back here, but the melodies glisten, all bolstered by strong fiery riffs and zipping drums.<\/p>\n

\u2018A Place For Disgrace\u2019 and \u2018Fire Raider\u2019 are slightly less volatile than \u2018Sudden Impact\u2019 but they channel that tight Judas Priest-esque hammering of precision and power. Both \u2018Rip Your Bones\u2019 and \u2018Beware Of The Shark\u2019 will quench your thirst if you want scowling speed metal built upon a foundation of pounding percussion. In fact, the whole album is littered with frenzied thrash, but there\u2019s an effortless and rich seamless marrying of thrash n\u2019 power metal that takes in all sorts of influences ranging from Saxon and Iron Maiden, through to Helstar and Malice, as well as Helloween and Running Wild.<\/p>\n

\u2018Your Last Breath\u2019 is another hell raiser, rushing with such crisp abandonment and yet controlled with devastating precision. \u2018Whispers Of Time\u2019 is as equally energetic and vibrant, sounding like an accelerated Iron Maiden, while \u2018Hypnotized\u2019 evokes the sound of Judas Priest. This is just a pure slice of heavy metal ripped straight from the era of golden gods but executed with such accuracy and power than one can only tip their hat in admiration.<\/p>\n

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

REDSHARK Sudden Impact Listenable (2025) Rating: 8\/10 Thirteen years after forming, Catalan metalheads Redshark serve up their second full-length record, Sudden Impact, and it\u2019s the alarm call you need to set you on your way. With feet firmly embedded in the fast n\u2019 furious 80s metal scene, this is an album that conjures the swirling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5993],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-redshark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105658","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=105658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105659,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105658\/revisions\/105659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}