{"id":93912,"date":"2022-06-01T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93912"},"modified":"2022-06-15T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T09:34:10","slug":"album-review-torn-fabriks-impera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-torn-fabriks-impera\/","title":{"rendered":"TORN FABRIKS &#8211; Impera (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>TORN FABRIKS<br \/>Impera<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">Self-released (2022)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tornfabriks_impera.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>After three singles and an EP, Portuguese thrashers Torn Fabriks embark on their debut full-length studio album.<\/p>\n<p><em>Impera<\/em> is a lively thrash record that boasts nifty dynamics and solid riffs, but with a vocal approach that at times divides me. The reason I say this is because frontman Ricardo Santos (who also plays bass) seems a little restrained at times. He brings a Millie Petrozza (Kreator) vibe but without the convincing snap. Even so, his tone still suits what is essentially a pleasing thrash record that\u2019s not flashy but is quite memorable.<\/p>\n<p>A naivety does come through with some of the lyrics, but I\u2019m able to overlook that as the trio constructs tight rhythms. The result being effective tracks such as \u2018The Outcome\u2019, \u2018Here\u2019, \u2018Against All Odds\u2019 and my personal favourites \u2018Highest Price\u2019 and \u2018Hallucinating Levels\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>All the songs here have a San Francisco Bay Area styled fluidity as the band smoothly transition from the more generic styled riffage to memorable mid-tempo ranges. This is all easy to take in, the production is nice and the guitar work really does provide the oil for the cogs.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s good when a simplistic thrash release like this comes along, because although far from original one feels that Torn Fabriks play from the heart and with passion for the genre, and one can only admire them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORN FABRIKSImpera Self-released (2022)Rating: 7\/10 After three singles and an EP, Portuguese thrashers Torn Fabriks embark on their debut full-length studio album. Impera is a lively thrash record that boasts nifty dynamics and solid riffs, but with a vocal approach that at times divides me. The reason I say this is because frontman Ricardo Santos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-torn-fabriks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93912","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=93912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93916,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93912\/revisions\/93916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}