{"id":98320,"date":"2023-02-27T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98320"},"modified":"2023-03-16T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:18:37","slug":"album-review-fast-evil-the-old-dark-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-fast-evil-the-old-dark-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST EVIL – The Old Dark Stories (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAST EVIL
The Old Dark Stories<\/strong><\/span>
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\nClassic Metal (2023)<\/span>
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Brazilian speed metal outfit Fast Evil returns with a nifty little record wrapped in an engaging slice of cover art courtesy of Quinho Ravelli, this being the band\u2019s second full-length album which follows on from the 2018 debut The Midnight Force<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

What you get with these guys is a rattling metal opus full of aggression and atmosphere where vocalist Marcio Bastos pulls of an impressive King Diamond impression for the duration. Eight tracks are on offer and although the album runs just short of 30 minutes it\u2019s an intriguing slice of darkly clad metal with plenty of thrashing nastiness and dollops of melody, as evidenced from the ghoulish opener \u2018Mary In The Mirror\u2019 with those squawking vocal snaps and brooding axe work from Diego Dourado.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the Gothic themes continue as Fast Evil explores Egyptian mythology on \u2018Anubis\u2019, while \u2018Ghost Town\u2019 has a simmering quality about its molten groove. There is an apparent diversity about these guys though; \u2018Indians\u2019 is a fiery romp with scathing axe work, \u2018Silent Night\u2019 again boasts that mesmerising 80s nostalgic metal feel with its shimmering percussion, and \u2018Book Of Lore\u2019 provides quite the metallic rumble.<\/p>\n

Fast Evil serve up a rather theatrical metal stomp that drifts towards thrashy nuances but \u2013 just like King Diamond and Mercyful Fate \u2013 there is always that ever-present level of drama, and that\u2019s why there is such an appeal.<\/p>\n

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

FAST EVILThe Old Dark Stories Classic Metal (2023)Rating: 8\/10 Brazilian speed metal outfit Fast Evil returns with a nifty little record wrapped in an engaging slice of cover art courtesy of Quinho Ravelli, this being the band\u2019s second full-length album which follows on from the 2018 debut The Midnight Force. What you get with these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-fast-evil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98320","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=98320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98322,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98320\/revisions\/98322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}