{"id":89908,"date":"2021-05-20T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=89908"},"modified":"2021-06-30T18:54:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T17:54:51","slug":"album-review-bloody-chains-last-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-bloody-chains-last-will\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOODY CHAINS – Last Will (2021) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLOODY CHAINS
Last Will<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2021)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Greek death \/ thrash is the order of the day here with Last Will<\/em>, the debut platter from four-piece Bloody Chains.<\/p>\n

The cover artwork actually fooled me into thinking this was going to be some dirty, doom-drenched expression of grief, but instead we get a solid, effective rasping slice of ferocious metal bolstered by the rabid vocal attack of George Pantoglou who brings a dehydrated gasp that I really enjoy.<\/p>\n

Musically there\u2019s melody, but it still remains a rather scathing thrash assault with the short n\u2019 sweet \u2018First Blood\u2019 striking hard with its mid-paced energy. But damn, these guys really do have a snap in their jaw, especially with Panagiotis Ninos\u2019 hard percussion and the devilish axework of Stefanos Doudoumis. And when you throw in the bass work of Giannis Riganas you have a quartet that\u2019s ready to make a stand.<\/p>\n

\u2018Into The Void\u2019 is sharp, snappy and chuggy, but with a dollop of melody, while \u2018Tormented Soul\u2019 is fast, furious and feverish, and \u2018Rotting God\u2019 brings some mesmeric soling and hammering drums. My favourite though is the title track, \u2018Last Will\u2019, which incorporates an almost traditional metal aesthetic but fuses it perfectly with a cutting thrash ethos, and it\u2019s a fine way to end the album.<\/p>\n

But delve anywhere into this gem and you\u2019ll find numerous salivating expressions worthy of your attention. \u2018Fire\u2019 exudes arrogance and maintains a steady, head-nodding groove, and then there\u2019s \u2018The Poltergeist\u2019, which features some suspenseful bass dribbles before the combo heads full force into an infectious chug, while the percussion persists throughout as the band brings an interesting mix of, say, Teutonic scathing with Bay Area meandering, where flashes of latter day Slayer<\/a> arrive. This is also evident on a track such as \u2018Sacred War\u2019 with its steady, razor-sharp riffage.<\/p>\n

I know very little about the band as this debut has seemingly come out of nowhere, yet I\u2019m finding myself returning to its blunt expressions. Bloody Chains bring memorable songs to the table but remain focused and aggressive even through the more melodious chimes. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s great that Greek thrash is still going strong, and Bloody Chains look to be the next act to barge into the New Wave Of Old School Thrash party. However, here\u2019s a band that\u2019s not here to party, but instead scrape its nails down the eyeballs and tear off the heads of those all too generic wanna-be\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Last Will<\/em> is a nifty and threatening debut platter that I urge you to buy if you call yourself a thrash fan.<\/p>\n

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

BLOODY CHAINSLast Will Self-released (2021)Rating: 8\/10 Greek death \/ thrash is the order of the day here with Last Will, the debut platter from four-piece Bloody Chains. The cover artwork actually fooled me into thinking this was going to be some dirty, doom-drenched expression of grief, but instead we get a solid, effective rasping slice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4654],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-bloody-chains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89908","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=89908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89909,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89908\/revisions\/89909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}