{"id":88212,"date":"2021-01-29T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=88212"},"modified":"2021-02-11T11:51:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T11:51:48","slug":"album-review-rezet-truth-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-rezet-truth-in-between\/","title":{"rendered":"REZET – Truth In Between (2021) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

REZET
Truth In Between<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMetalville (2021)<\/span>
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Arguably one of the most prolific acts out of Germany, Rezet have released a flurry of demos, videos, EPs and albums since their inception in 2004, with Truth In Between<\/em> being the band\u2019s fifth full-length release.<\/p>\n

As expected, it\u2019s another consistently blazing opus that borders on thrash, although to my experienced ears this is heavily (although maybe unintentionally) influenced by an early 90s feel when seemingly more commercial acts such as, say, Skid Row, began flirting with heavier and faster nuances.<\/p>\n

The band may not like this, but the opening salvo of \u2018Back For No Good\u2019 and \u2018Deceived By Paradise\u2019 could easily be tracks from Skid Row\u2019s Slave To The Grind<\/em> (1991) or Subhuman Race<\/em> (1995) albums. The pace just doesn\u2019t fizz enough for all-out thrash, but there are certainly flashes of, say, Megadeth, and later years Death Angel with the big yet cold melodies.<\/p>\n

In a sense then, although Rezet is a heavy act, to call it thrash would be incorrect. There are also times when the band merges a hard rock stance with a Metal Church or Meliah Rage style, but with less grit or complexity.<\/p>\n

The songs are catchy, and \u2018Populate. Delete. Repeat\u2019, despite its chugging, could easily have been fronted by Sebastian Bach;. The streetwise smirks of vocalist Richard \u201cRicky\u201d Wagner are convincing, and yet I almost expect him to suddenly drift off into a more melodic strain because at times this record feels decidedly too modern and sometimes confused.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, \u2018Renegade\u2019 is sub-standard, yet polished sleaze rock, \u2018Half A Century\u2019 is nifty and one of the thrashiest tunes on offer, \u2018Jailpit\u2019 feels like an amalgamation of sleaze \u2019n heavier, driving metal, while \u2018I\u2019m Not Gonna Stop\u2019 takes me back again to that more generic, yet ballsy \u201chair metal\u201d period.<\/p>\n

However, with 13 tracks on offer \u2013 including the chugging \u2018(Un)certain Crimes\u2019 and slow-building \u2018Infinite End\u2019 \u2013 there seems to be a lot of clutter. The band are clearly talented, but still, after numerous releases, unsure of their own identity.<\/p>\n

They may call it diversity, but for me this album, while packing a punch, is summed up in title and sound by \u2018Never Satisfied\u2019 where the posse performs standard hard rock for the glossy, dumbed-down generation, and it\u2019s by this point that the blaze is extinguished and I\u2019m engulfed by coldness.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the flame refuses to reignite with thrashy closer \u2018The Last Suffer\u2019, which somehow prompts me to flick back to the start of the album, opting for meatier, more authentic solid metal.<\/p>\n

I feel that Rezet are exhausting themselves, striving for an identity yet becoming a tad bland. The power is there for the most part, but in between it all the stark truth is that here\u2019s a band with no persona.<\/p>\n

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

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