{"id":18195,"date":"2014-03-01T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=18195"},"modified":"2014-04-03T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T14:29:45","slug":"album-review-jackdevil-unholy-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-jackdevil-unholy-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"JACKDEVIL – Unholy Sacrifice (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKDEVIL
Unholy Sacrifice<\/strong><\/span>
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\nUrubuz (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I wish I wasn\u2019t so bloody sceptical when it comes to analysing all these new thrash bands which are currently clogging up my arteries. JackDevil are the latest thrash metal combo to hit the lights. Emerging from S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, Maranh\u00e3o in Brazil, this quartet can\u2019t be questioned when it comes to their passion, although question marks could of course be put against their fashion. Yes, it\u2019s another case of tight black jeans, black vests and big, new pumps (trainers) to complete their thrash-by-numbers guise.<\/p>\n

I dunno, it\u2019s probably just me, but the modern wagon of thrash disciples just has a hint of the manufactured. Strip away the image, however, and JackDevil aren\u2019t a bad bunch when it comes to furious thrash.<\/p>\n

JackDevil is fronted by Andr\u00e9 Nadler, who is convincing as the archetype thrash frontman, and he\u2019s also responsible for the savage guitars alongside Ricardo Andrade. The armour is reinforced by drummer Filipe Oliveira and bass machine Renato Igor. Despite my cynicism \u2013 which must of course come with age and the fact I\u2019m not down with the kids \u2013 as debut albums go this is a nifty effort. <\/p>\n

There are ten tracks in total, all running at a blistering pace and combining traditional metal, ie Iron Maiden, with a touch of San Francisco Bay Area gang chanting along with just a dash of European speed. Imagine a mix of Exodus, Whiplash, Judas Priest, Slayer<\/a>, Destruction<\/a> and Possessed, which isn\u2019t bad for a set of influential ingredients. Of course, after a few spins you may quickly tire of the likes of the opening title track, \u2018Thrash Demons Attack\u2019 (with its overly domineering bass) and \u2018Killing Razors\u2019, but when the band hit their stride they are more than adequate at churning out formulaic yet fiery grooves, namely \u2018Age Of Antichrist\u2019, \u2018Behind The Walls\u2019 and \u2018Under The Metal Command\u2019. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s no frills metal that is straight and true, and it should hold your attention for at least its duration. Given that, for all of its flaws, Unholy Sacrifice<\/em> is one of the better modern thrash records I\u2019ve heard since the dreaded new wave took our ears a few years ago now. Whether anyone will remember these guys remains to be seen. When we put JackDevil\u2019s debut alongside some of the greatest thrash metal debuts in history, it pales embarrassingly in comparison, but Unholy Sacrifice<\/em> is what it is, a semi-solid routine mosher that will please mostly those into revival thrash metal.<\/p>\n

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

JACKDEVILUnholy Sacrifice Urubuz (2014)Rating: 6.5\/10 I wish I wasn\u2019t so bloody sceptical when it comes to analysing all these new thrash bands which are currently clogging up my arteries. JackDevil are the latest thrash metal combo to hit the lights. Emerging from S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, Maranh\u00e3o in Brazil, this quartet can\u2019t be questioned when it comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-jackdevil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195","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=18195"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18197,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195\/revisions\/18197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}