{"id":21633,"date":"2014-09-22T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=21633"},"modified":"2014-09-27T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T08:13:42","slug":"album-review-burning-nitrum-molotov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-burning-nitrum-molotov\/","title":{"rendered":"BURNING NITRUM – Molotov (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BURNING NITRUM
Molotov<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPunishment 18 (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2010, vocalist Dave Cillo formed Burning Nitrum \u2013 a thrash metal quintet hailing from Bari in Italy. The band\u2019s debut EP, Pyromani<\/em>, was released in 2012 to favourable reviews, followed a year later by the \u2018Turned To Ashes (Nothing Stands Still)\u2019 single.<\/p>\n

For this debut full-length outing, Cillo and original drummer Dario D’Ambrosio are joined by rhythm guitarist Francesco Vivarelli (who joined in 2011), bassist Angelo Fiore (who joined in 2013) and most recent acquisition, lead guitarist Walter Lanotte.<\/p>\n

Molotov<\/em> is a ten-track affair heavily influenced by American thrash legends Vio-lence and Nuclear Assault. Very much a pacey, chugging concern, the album will please those who like bass-heavy, moshing, gang-chanting generic thrash metal where the vocal rants are very much of that Sean Killian (Vio-lence) order \u2013 short, snappy raps and rasps \u2013 which almost playfully flirt and cavort with the fluent bass chops and guitar fizzes. It appears as reasonably serious thrash metal happy to wear it influences on its sleeve, and while there are times when it spends too much paying homage this is still a half-decent contemporary thrash record featuring strong melodies, good solos and a batch of songs which surprisingly do not begin to grate on the soul after just a few spins.<\/p>\n

Of the ten tracks spouted out, I\u2019m more than impressed by the lengthy \u2018Remote Of Death\u2019, the flailing \u2018Apocalypse Of Pain\u2019 and the whopping eight-minute instrumental \u2018Nemesis, The Death Star\u2019 where the band really shows its maturity and are no doubt trying to give those vintage Metallica instrumentals a run for their money.<\/p>\n

Having said that, while this is an extremely youthful brand of thrash metal it isn\u2019t without its flaws and at times there are weak elements to some tracks; \u2018High Speed Bangers\u2019, for example, is rather weighed down by the cheesy nostalgia when it would have been more beneficial to create something more serious.<\/p>\n

However, with these youngsters pinpointing everyone from Kreator, Anthrax and D.R.I. as influences, it\u2019s hard not to admire the way that Burning Nitrum have carved out a record that has taken the nest elements of these great bands and incorporated it into their own boyish strains. I\u2019d still like to hear a touch more progression because there\u2019s only so much a band can go on aping the past, but I do sense that within this straight-laced brand of mosh that there\u2019s a great deal of talent that as times goes on should flourish and produce albums worthy of being slotted alongside peers. For now though, enjoy Molotov<\/em> for what it is; an energetic thrash assault that hints at finer things to come.<\/p>\n

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

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