{"id":18495,"date":"2014-04-04T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=18495"},"modified":"2014-04-26T18:18:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T18:18:10","slug":"album-review-lost-society-terror-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-lost-society-terror-hungry\/","title":{"rendered":"LOST SOCIETY – Terror Hungry (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOST SOCIETY
Terror Hungry<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNuclear Blast (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Considering the amount of modern thrash bands hell bent on bringing back the 80s sound, I actually found myself partly riveted by Lost Society\u2019s 2013 debut opus, Fast Loud Death<\/em><\/a>. It was a riotous chunk of Finnish thrash featuring speedy rhythms, generic gang shouts, and rasping vocals that entertained in small doses but remained a touch more effective than some of the formulaic releases doing the rounds.<\/p>\n

So, I now welcome the second album from this quartet who I\u2019m pleased to say has kept their sound furious, fast and energetic and thankfully interwoven with some superb solos and Samy Elbanna\u2019s enthusiastic vocal shouts.<\/p>\n

I said it last time and I\u2019ll say it again, these guys will no doubt appeal to fans of Anthrax \u2013 there are some excellent grooves strewn about this album (ie \u2018Attaxic\u2019) and also the crossover strains of Suicidal Tendencies. Yep, this is another lethal injection of pure thrash metal that keeps the tempo up from beginning to end, with the chugging intensity of \u2018Game Over\u2019 just as potent as the album\u2019s tail end which features such moshing monstrosities as \u2018Mosh It Up\u2019 and an intriguing cover of Twisted Sister\u2019s \u2018You Can\u2019t Stop Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll\u2019 (included as a bonus track), which somehow works as a thrash workout.<\/p>\n

It could be argued of course that Lost Society are \u201cjust another modern thrash band\u201d \u2013 and I\u2019d totally agree. So, do we really need more of this kind of act jumping on the revival bandwagon? Well, not really because nearly every one of the relatively new thrash bands I\u2019ve heard pales in comparison quite considerably with the heroes of yesterday. But if, and it\u2019s a big if, I had to pick a handful of current bands as being those who have flown the 80s flag with decency, then Lost Society would be among them.<\/p>\n

Despite the frantic nature of this record, however, this is pretty much harmless metal that has speed metal insanity as its main ingredient \u2013 the riffs are delivered like bolts of lightning and the drums clatter at quite a pace \u2013 although there are the occasional injections of formulaic chuggernaut ecstasy, more so in the Anthrax-inspired \u2018Tyrant Takeover\u2019 which also hints at the maniacal sway of Exodus \u2013 past and present. Even so, \u2018Tyrant Takeover\u2019 is Lost Society at their most engaging, melting together some spitting ferocity and sporadic slower menace. Meanwhile, \u2018Overdosed Brain\u2019 appears to have more in common with Pantera with its bruising melody and groove-based anger and rawness.<\/p>\n

Other highlights of this record are \u2018Thrashed Reality\u2019 and the skull-crushing \u2018Brewtal Awakening\u2019, but when all is said and done this is still rather predictable thrash metal that lacks variety. However, with its occasional sprig of humour and beer-influenced anarchy, Terror Hungry<\/em> is still an hysterical episode of contemporary thrash that should prove enough entertainment to see you through until the end.<\/p>\n

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

LOST SOCIETYTerror Hungry Nuclear Blast (2014)Rating: 6.5\/10 Considering the amount of modern thrash bands hell bent on bringing back the 80s sound, I actually found myself partly riveted by Lost Society\u2019s 2013 debut opus, Fast Loud Death. It was a riotous chunk of Finnish thrash featuring speedy rhythms, generic gang shouts, and rasping vocals that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[561],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18495","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=18495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18503,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18495\/revisions\/18503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}