{"id":97201,"date":"2022-11-25T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97201"},"modified":"2022-12-16T12:58:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T12:58:37","slug":"album-review-illusion-born-in-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-illusion-born-in-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"ILLUSION – Born In Technology (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ILLUSION
Born In Technology<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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From Norway to Japan there have been plenty of bands named Illusion, and you can now add this Catalonia act to the list. <\/p>\n

This nine-track debut full-length opus is a fine thrash metal exhibition drenched in crisp riffage and speedy designs. Vocally, there\u2019s a hint of Metallica\u2019s James Hetfield but with extra savagery, but from start to finish this is an accomplished platter you\u2019d be pleased to have purchased in 1988.<\/p>\n

The title track is a perfect way to kick this album off and some of the guitar work is to be admired as the combo shifts between polished speed and more unorthodox melodies. Thankfully, the theme continues and there is no waning of interest; \u2018Legacy Of Greed\u2019 has a choppy vocal attack, \u2018Lost Generation\u2019 allows for a superb bass and percussive performance and builds nicely from both, while \u2018Mr. Death\u2019 explores interesting angles in its hammering.<\/p>\n

It seems natural that flecks of Slayer<\/a> creep in, but Illusion has very much combed the bulging web for thrash metal influences and delivers it with a staggering maturity and aggression while maintaining accessibility. The slower premise of \u2018Master Of Disaster\u2019 has you tapping along to its varying shifts and \u2018Titans Of The New World\u2019, complete with militant introduction and bass buzz, unravels as an aggressive beast brimming with hostile torrents.<\/p>\n

Born In Technology<\/em> is thrash metal how it used to be.<\/p>\n

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

ILLUSIONBorn In Technology Self-released (2022)Rating: 7\/10 From Norway to Japan there have been plenty of bands named Illusion, and you can now add this Catalonia act to the list. This nine-track debut full-length opus is a fine thrash metal exhibition drenched in crisp riffage and speedy designs. Vocally, there\u2019s a hint of Metallica\u2019s James Hetfield […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-illusion-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97201","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=97201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97229,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97201\/revisions\/97229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}