{"id":95197,"date":"2022-08-26T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=95197"},"modified":"2022-09-01T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T15:10:21","slug":"album-review-species-to-find-deliverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-species-to-find-deliverance\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECIES – To Find Deliverance (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPECIES
To Find Deliverance<\/strong><\/span>
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\nAwakening (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Just behold that cover art! This debut full-length opus from Polish thrashers Species comes wrapped up like some mid-80s Euro-metal heap. It\u2019s ethereal, wispy and strange in appearance, yet the sound comes ripping across the pastoral horizon with a bewildering cutting edge that flashes with, at times, jazzy progression and complexity\u2026 and I\u2019m all the better for it.<\/p>\n

This is some seriously sneering tech-thrash out of Warsaw. Piotr Drobina brings a fair set of pipes alongside his jarring bass skills, Micha\u0142 K\u0119pka\u2019s axe work is fierce, cold and wonderfully executed, while the drums of Przemys\u0142aw Hampelski snap like fresh bones. <\/p>\n

My only issue here though is that the record lacks weight and feels a tad thin on the ground, rather like one of those pallid yet slightly under-produced Germanic 80s gems where you crave for each instrument to slap you hard. Even so, as debut albums go it\u2019s interesting to hear such technicality and diversity without being utterly bamboozled to the point of migraine.<\/p>\n

Of the eight cuts on offer it\u2019s \u2018Parasite\u2019, \u2018The Moment Of Envy\u2019 and \u2018Malfunction\u2019 that are the most instant to me. But whichever track you zone in on you\u2019ll be rewarded with some superb examples of meandering thrash, whereby a measured approach seems key throughout to the point that even when speed is applied it\u2019s never scathing.<\/p>\n

\u2018Malfunction\u2019, although not funky, does, like a lot of the tracks, bring the clanking bass to the fore, but it\u2019s never jolting like, say, classic Voivod. Meanwhile, \u2018Ex Machina\u2019 provides a killer hook, but again there\u2019s that techy chug hinting at that early 90s sort of multiplicity streaked with scratchy vocal aesthetics.<\/p>\n

Strangely, To Find Deliverance<\/em> remains fluid in its technicality, so tunes such as \u2018Falls The Tower\u2019 remain catchy rather than niggly which is always my concern when I hear methodological thrash. At times the album does feel a tad mechanical, but again I just think that\u2019s down to the lack of meat on the bones. But hey, if this had been released on, say, Noise Records back in 1991 I would have lapped it up.<\/p>\n

Certainly a band to keep a beady eye on, Species provides a welcome respite from the beer-guzzling Ed Repka-art obsessed crews doing the rounds at the moment.<\/p>\n

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

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