{"id":19397,"date":"2014-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=19397"},"modified":"2014-07-01T15:26:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T15:26:22","slug":"album-review-space-eater-passing-through-the-fire-to-molech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-space-eater-passing-through-the-fire-to-molech\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACE EATER – Passing Through The Fire To Molech (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPACE EATER
Passing Through The Fire To Molech<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPure Steel (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 5.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Belgrade, Serbia-based thrashers Space Eater have been attempting to put Serbian mosh metal on the music map since their 2004 inception. Named after a song written by German speedsters Gamma Ray, Space Eater consists of vocalist \/ guitarist Luka \u201cTower\u201d Matkovi\u0107, drummer Marko \u201cTihi\u201d Danilovi\u0107, bassist Karlo Testen and another axeman, \u0110or\u0111e Lukovi\u0107, who also plies his trade with fellow Serbian act Centurion.<\/p>\n

Passing Through The Fire To Molech<\/em> may suggest a highly complex, maybe progressive metal album, but this is very much energetic thrash with plenty of melody which arises in the vocal variations of Matkovi\u0107, who one minute spits a standard thrash slurp while the next offers a clearer tone. <\/p>\n

Musically, it\u2019s often extremely fast and showcases wild solos and wayward bass lines all thrown into the cauldron for one big moshing pie. It would seem that on this record \u2013 the band\u2019s third \u2013 they have evolved into a tighter combo, and just listening to opening track \u2018Unjagged\u2019 is proof of this progression. It\u2019s nimble thrash that is fleeting but reasonably heavy, and in its crazier segments reminds me of Nuclear Assault at its most frantic. As previously mentioned, the main variation comes with the vocals; on the title track \u2013 which is just as speedy as the previous number \u2013 Matkovi\u0107 opens with a darker growl before resorting back to that thrash type. <\/p>\n

The bass is hefty throughout, perhaps a little too hefty at times. Those of you who enjoy the rawer edges to the likes of Testament, Death Angel and Exodus will enjoy this for what it is, but it\u2019s still rather standard contemporary thrash metal that is fast and furious from beginning to end. It\u2019s certainly a hard task for any thrash band of today to come up with something that comes even close, let alone equals the thrash titans of the 80s, but what I do enjoy about this record is the energy. <\/p>\n

In parts there is an Anthrax-type of chug to proceedings, and those real thrash metal devotees among you may even spot a sprig of Holy Terror amidst the maniacal melodies. By the time \u2018Daisy Cutter\u2019, \u2018Ninja Assassin\u2019, \u2018Ultra-Violence\u2019 and \u2018Medea\u2019 have all raced by on the back of that quaking bass, however, I\u2019m crying out for a track or two to grab me by the balls and \u2013 without mercy \u2013 shake me to my foundations, but like so much of this modern thrash metal, there\u2019s no real menace let alone quality to enable such acts to stand out from an ever-growing crowd. <\/p>\n

Thankfully, Space Eater aren\u2019t as goofy as goodness knows how many other bands. There are elements of this album that I will happily pass off as decent thrash, but for the most part it\u2019s thrash metal-by-numbers that will spend its days sitting firmly in the middle of the road until a bus comes along and squashes it.<\/p>\n

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

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