{"id":97486,"date":"2022-12-26T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97486"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:08:15","slug":"album-review-combat-shock-everything-goes-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-combat-shock-everything-goes-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"COMBAT SHOCK – Everything Goes Wrong (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

COMBAT SHOCK
Everything Goes Wrong<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This debut full-length album from Saint Petersburg, Russia-based thrashers Combat Shock begins like mid-80s Slayer<\/a> but laced with a crossover edging.<\/p>\n

For 25 minutes I was rather riveted by this snappy affair which comes complete with punchy, aggressive hardcore vocal traits and great bursts of speed along with melody. I hadn\u2019t heard Combat Shock previously but have since found out that the four-piece has released three demos and an EP since their formation in 2015.<\/p>\n

The album kicks off with the excellent \u2018Power Abuse\u2019 where the Slayer influence, from the drums to the axe work, is very apparent, but the combo also drifts towards that Power Trip vibe. The likes of \u2018Enemy\u2019 and \u2018The First Hour\u2019 boast that infectious hardcore-cum-thrash chug, while \u2018Warlord Of The Wasteland\u2019 showcases the speed of the quartet. Combat Shock are not afraid to inject melody either. The title track closes things off and begins with a muscular chug and some fine solo work in-between, and \u2018Death Sentence\u2019 again exhibits the more hostile nature.<\/p>\n

Everything Goes Wrong<\/em> is a short and aggressive release made all the more robust through those shouty vocals, but for those keen to dust down the old skateboard and get political in the meantime, this is your new soundtrack.<\/p>\n

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

COMBAT SHOCKEverything Goes Wrong Self-released (2022)Rating: 7\/10 This debut full-length album from Saint Petersburg, Russia-based thrashers Combat Shock begins like mid-80s Slayer but laced with a crossover edging. For 25 minutes I was rather riveted by this snappy affair which comes complete with punchy, aggressive hardcore vocal traits and great bursts of speed along with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-combat-shock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97486","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=97486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97511,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97486\/revisions\/97511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}