{"id":98174,"date":"2023-02-09T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98174"},"modified":"2023-03-07T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:26:12","slug":"album-review-mtg-lobotomized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-mtg-lobotomized\/","title":{"rendered":"M.T.G. – Lobotomized (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

M.T.G.
Lobotomized<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know a great deal about these Italian thrashers and there are no real surprises within the confines of the band\u2019s debut full-length album, Lobotomized<\/em>. It\u2019s a solid and concise eight-track affair that does suffer at times from a rather mechanical feel, and the vocals of drummer Fabio \u201cZeg\u201d Zago are your rather standard confrontational shouts which are given extra beef by the numerous gang chants.<\/p>\n

M.T.G. seems to be more of a force when they slow things down, with one example being \u2018The Last Call\u2019 with its infectious chugging and solid lead work. Thankfully, there are riffs aplenty on this opus, some of which have a Slayer<\/a> vibe although at times they do suffer from repetition. Even so, this can be quite a catchy little record that comes equipped with a punchy bass courtesy of Leonardo \u201cLeo\u201d Magon.<\/p>\n

Of the selection of tunes on offer the immediate standouts for me are \u2018Slavery & Abuses\u2019 with its varying approaches, and \u2018Violent Holocaust\u2019 which speaks for itself but features a crisp Bay Area chug. For me, Lobotomized<\/em> is generic thrash, but that doesn\u2019t mean it should be overlooked, especially if you like this sort of crunch.<\/p>\n

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

M.T.G.Lobotomized Self-released (2023)Rating: 6.5\/10 I don\u2019t know a great deal about these Italian thrashers and there are no real surprises within the confines of the band\u2019s debut full-length album, Lobotomized. It\u2019s a solid and concise eight-track affair that does suffer at times from a rather mechanical feel, and the vocals of drummer Fabio \u201cZeg\u201d Zago […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-m-t-g"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98174","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=98174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98176,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98174\/revisions\/98176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}