{"id":41065,"date":"2016-12-02T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=41065"},"modified":"2017-02-13T15:54:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T15:54:20","slug":"news-speed-kills-vii-compilation-album-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-speed-kills-vii-compilation-album-released\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Speed Kills VII\u2019 Compilation Album Released (December 2nd, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Speed Kills VII\u2019 Compilation Album Released<\/strong><\/span>
\nDecember 2nd, 2016<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCompilation album Speed Kills VII<\/em><\/a> was issued on December 2nd, 2016 through Music For Nations. The album was made available on vinyl and digitally.<\/p>\n

The seventh instalment focused exclusively on British extreme music and featured liner notes from veteran rock journalist Malcolm Dome. <\/p>\n

Dome commented on the bands involved: \u201cLet\u2019s begin with a band who link this album and its predecessor Speed Kills VI: Violence Of The Slams<\/em>. The latter had a song from Acid Reign, and they\u2019re here again, with \u2018Plan Of The Damned\u2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cEast Anglia\u2019s The King Is Blind dose upon Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate and Emperor to give us the nascent nutjob ‘Throne Of Skulls\u2019. Only formed in 2013, this lot are rowdy and… well. LOUDY! <\/p>\n

\u201cLondoners Formicarius are immersed in blackness. As \u2018Lake Of The Dead\u2019 shows, they\u2019re inherently part of the black metal heritage, but have an approach that takes the sound right back to its British roots. <\/p>\n

\u201cAmulet also come from London, and as you\u2019ll hear on \u2018Highwayman\u2019, this four-piece owe a lot to NWOBHM. The style and attitude has the bristling action packed peaking of bands like Trespass, Sledgehammer and Jameson Raid from those golden days of 1979\/80. <\/p>\n

\u201cSlough\u2019s Divine Chaos are certainly no slouches. The song \u2018Ignorance Everlasting\u2019 might begin with a misleadingly genteel intro, but soon opens into the type of thrusting, raging hymn that fits perfectly into the quintet\u2019s philosophy of \u2018blending the best elements of metal\u2019 into their own music. <\/p>\n

\u201cAkerkocke have a vast array of experience. The progressive blackened metallers started in London during 1997. They broke up in 2012, but returned with a new, revitalised line-up four years later. As you can hear on ‘Inner Sanctum\u2019, this is a band not living on a past reputation, but fervently forging feral flashes into the modern metal era. <\/p>\n

\u201cDungeon are raw thrash mania \u2013 and proud of it. The London quartet attack, grind and maim with the sort of zeal and feel that brings to mind the early 1980s, when thrash was born. \u2018Death From Above\u2019 is a primal force overlaid with concussive musicianship. A full on facebutt. <\/p>\n

\u201cFormed in 2012, Voices feature ex-members of Akerocke in their line-up. The style on \u2018Petrograph\u2019 links to Voivod, early Akerocke and My Dying Bride. It\u2019s virulent yet also surprising sophisticated. A cool concoction to entertain. <\/p>\n

\u201cSouthampton trio Desolator started in 2010. And they rev up on the red line for ‘Full Power\u2019. This is all action, moshing mania, with accelerating riffage and rampant rhythms, stark, strafing snaggletooth sonicity. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe mysterious Nine Covens are a British band who keep the identity of their members under wraps. On \u2018Through Fires Of Tyranny\u2019, they create a heretical brew of black metal ire and brutally refined blood lust. A majestic paean to the dark forces of nature.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Speed Kills VII<\/em> features original cover artwork from Daniel P. Carter. <\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. The King Is Blind \u2013 \u2018Throne Of Skulls\u2019
\n02. Formicarius \u2013 \u2018Lake Of The Dead\u2019
\n03. Acid Reign \u2013 \u2018Plan Of The Damned\u2019
\n04. Amulet \u2013 \u2018Highwayman (Demo Version)\u2019
\n05. Divine Chaos \u2013 \u2018Ignorance Everlasting\u2019
\n06. Akercocke \u2013 \u2018Inner Sanctum\u2019
\n07. Dungeon \u2013 \u2018Death From Above\u2019
\n08. Voices \u2013 \u2018Petrograph\u2019
\n09. Desolator \u2013 \u2018Full Power\u2019
\n10. Nine Covens \u2013 \u2018Through Fires Of Tyranny\u2019<\/p>\n

A music video was filmed for The King Is Blind track \u2018Throne Of Skulls\u2019. Created and directed by Kieran Wakeman at Divine Chaos Art, the clip can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

The first Speed Kills<\/em> compilation was released through Music For Nations in 1985, with the last offering, Speed Kills VI: Violence Of The Slams<\/em>, issued on the label\u2019s Under One Flag imprint in 1992.<\/p>\n