{"id":97529,"date":"2022-10-31T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97529"},"modified":"2023-01-12T15:46:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:46:54","slug":"album-review-satans-blade-curse-of-the-blade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-satans-blade-curse-of-the-blade\/","title":{"rendered":"SATAN\u2019S BLADE – Curse Of The Blade (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SATAN\u2019S BLADE
Curse Of The Blade<\/strong><\/span>
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\nStormspell (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I did wonder if this San Jose, California-based quintet had named themselves after the obscure 80s slasher film\u2026 and then I heard the intro which is indeed the trailer for said movie. So, not only should you check this record out but try and find the film too if you\u2019re a horror fan!<\/p>\n

With this debut full-length album we get treated to seven songs which grab the listener by the throat in molten 80s metal fashion. Satan\u2019s Blade is the sort of act which exists in that realm once occupied by the likes of, say, Metal Church, or further into Exciter and Overkill territory whereby they speed heavily into a pure steel sphere that\u2019s happy to thrash but at times become a steadier yet just as lethal force. I guess \u201cmelodic thrash metal\u201d is the term to be applied here and if I\u2019d stumbled across something like this in 1986 I\u2019d have been more than happy.<\/p>\n

Vocalist Kyle Lee has a great snarl but what really gripped me was the guitar tone of Andrew Webb and Alonzo Maldonado, particularly on tracks such as \u2018Cobra Strike\u2019 which is basically Accept on speed. Leads flash like lightning but never overstay their welcome, the drums of Mario Diaz are hard and ironclad and the bass of Cedric Ackley just provides a steely backbone to the whole goddam metal fury.<\/p>\n

You won\u2019t hear many records brimming with not only such nostalgia, but a burning fire. This is one of the most metal albums released in 2022 and it\u2019s about time it emerged when one considers these guys formed eight years ago. This is a lethal metal dose to the system, a record delivered like an electric shock and boasting riffs that cut like a razor\u2026 or, a Satan\u2019s blade! Get it.<\/p>\n

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

SATAN\u2019S BLADECurse Of The Blade Stormspell (2022)Rating: 8.5\/10 I did wonder if this San Jose, California-based quintet had named themselves after the obscure 80s slasher film\u2026 and then I heard the intro which is indeed the trailer for said movie. So, not only should you check this record out but try and find the film […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-satans-blade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97529","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=97529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97530,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97529\/revisions\/97530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}