{"id":56905,"date":"2017-04-28T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=56905"},"modified":"2017-06-07T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:07:11","slug":"album-review-condor-unstoppable-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-condor-unstoppable-power\/","title":{"rendered":"CONDOR – Unstoppable Power (2017) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CONDOR
Unstoppable Power<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHigh Roller (2017)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Not to be confused with the Columbian doomy deathsters C\u00f3ndor, this particular Condor is from Norway and dabbles in what can best be described as a black thrash attack. Unstoppable Power<\/em> is the follow-up to 2013\u2019s self-titled debut and it\u2019s an album I highly recommend.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t ever go wrong with Norwegian extreme metal. For decades now the country has served up some real tasty bands and Condor are no exception, even if what they churn out is nothing new. From the opening frothing of \u2018Embraced By Evil\u2019 you know what you\u2019re letting yourself in for; a blistering, rusty hellish festering cauldron of nasty, sniping, vicious thrash that harkens back to the 80s, with flailing solos punctuating oily riffs and speeding drums, fronted by a sickening vocal rasp from a chap who likes to call himself Chris Sacrifice.<\/p>\n

Fans of Aura Noir and the likes will no doubt indulge themselves in this despicable, lo-fi outing where drummer Obskurvind hammers away until his black heart is content; the trio burping up a fearsome amalgamation of vintage Sodom, Destruction<\/a>, Possessed and Bathory, which becomes entwined with what has become that now classic contemporary black thrash assault.<\/p>\n

All the tracks on offer, from the blitzkrieg of \u2018Riders Of Violence\u2019 to the downright nasty \u2018Horrifier\u2019, all follow that same hellish, clanking mould. Chris Sacrifice\u2019s hoarse, rancid emissions are vile secretions which attempt to keep up with the rest of the disharmony, and as each chapter passes like some blistering, bickering howl of frost-bitten wind I\u2019m reminded as to why I love this reckless sort of black speed metal.<\/p>\n

With 2017 already offering up the likes of Hellripper, and the up and coming Bonehunter, I just can\u2019t help but feel excited about this particular genre. Condor\u2019s no frills acts of malice are infectious to the core, as the flailing \u2018Chained Victims\u2019 and aptly titled \u2018You Can\u2019t Escape The Fire\u2019 enter the fray; skeletal, scathing pastings that rely on occasional bewitching riffage, but which for the most part act as hideous, pacey orgies of rattling guitar chords, stormy drum seizures and hasty bass pummels. Any band that can recreate an 80s feel of black, evil reckoning is fine by me; Condor merely interested in crafting out a wild network of thorny rhythms, whereby Chris Sacrifice can puke out his holocaustic summoning.<\/p>\n

The brilliant title track warns of \u201cA shapeless evil aiming for total destruction\u201d<\/em>, and to \u201cPrepare for his coming… and a view of disgust\u201d<\/em>, while the unstable \u2018Malevolent Curse\u2019 is sure to crack a few skulls in the pits and is delivered like a hyper speed Possessed; the solos alone are sure to scorch the ears.<\/p>\n

Unstoppable Power<\/em> is probably the most apt album title of the year; a moniker used to prepare us for a true, yet impure tour de force of a record, and one which heaves malevolence, sighs with vehemence and swaggers with the snake hips of Satan. It\u2019s fast, it\u2019s furious and it hurts like Hell.<\/p>\n

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

CONDORUnstoppable Power High Roller (2017)Rating: 9\/10 Not to be confused with the Columbian doomy deathsters C\u00f3ndor, this particular Condor is from Norway and dabbles in what can best be described as a black thrash attack. Unstoppable Power is the follow-up to 2013\u2019s self-titled debut and it\u2019s an album I highly recommend. You can\u2019t ever go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-condor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56905","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=56905"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56910,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56905\/revisions\/56910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}