{"id":21010,"date":"2014-05-30T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=21010"},"modified":"2014-08-02T01:04:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T01:04:32","slug":"album-review-dust-bolt-awake-the-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-dust-bolt-awake-the-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"DUST BOLT – Awake The Riot (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUST BOLT
Awake The Riot<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNapalm (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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German thrashers Dust Bolt share record labels with legendary power metallers Grave Digger and with second album Awake The Riot<\/em>, they sort of exist as a little brother to the experienced elders.<\/p>\n

The band formed back in 2006 but it took six years for the quartet to release their 2012 debut album, the impressive Violent Demolition<\/em>, which for the most part lived up to its moniker. Thankfully, Dust Bolt haven\u2019t left us gagging for too long. Awake The Riot<\/em> comes fully equipped with 12 solid thrash metal songs which, when put together, run for just under an hour. <\/p>\n

The album opens with the rattling \u2018Living Hell\u2019, a sturdy five-minute romp through the void of melodic thrash. It\u2019s pretty unremarkable I guess, but in a genre where literally every style has been incorporated, it\u2019s only right that all the bands contained herein should be given the chance to air their angst \u2013 of all the contemporary acts doing the rounds, these guys aren\u2019t bad at all. Yes, we can expect a few gang chants, a few chunky riffs and the rather mediocre vocal snarls of voice Lenny, but such is his energy that his choppy raps have an almost hardcore hostility to them. The riffs are reasonably fast throughout, and always crunchy. Kudos goes to Flo for this belligerence which enables tracks such as \u2018Living A Lie\u2019 to rise above the dull, even if there is a complete lack of originality. <\/p>\n

With Awake The Riot<\/em> though, it feels as if we\u2019re hearing a band who just want to be themselves and not give a damn about what anyone else thinks. If you\u2019re after a simple dose of straight up thrash metal, then this could well be the latest shot in the arm you\u2019re looking for. Indeed, when the band gets the groove right, the riffs end up swimming around your brain and refuse to leave. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the churning chug of \u2018Eternal Waste\u2019 and the bone-shuddering stomp of \u2018Drowned In Blind Faith\u2019.<\/p>\n

Awake The Riot<\/em> is a marked improvement on the debut platter. It\u2019s a record that shows some maturity, but maintains the levels of aggression too. Certainly with tracks such as \u2018Soul Erazor\u2019 the band could be accused of coming a little too close to the dynamics of Slayer<\/a>, but then again almost every thrash band from the 1980s could also be blamed for such imitation. If you like good, hard, pulverising thrash metal that rarely pauses for breath though, then this is a riot worth joining.<\/p>\n

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

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