{"id":24959,"date":"2013-01-08T13:55:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T18:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=24959"},"modified":"2014-02-16T09:11:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T14:11:48","slug":"indespair-time-to-wake-up-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/indespair-time-to-wake-up-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"InDespair | Time To Wake Up<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Justin Gaines<\/span>
\n– News Editor\/Senior Columnist —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"InDespair\"When you think of the heavy metal scene in Poland, chances are death metal titans Behemoth and Vader are the first bands that come to mind. It\u2019s probably not the kind of scene you\u2019d expect to find a heavy\/thrash hybrid band, but that\u2019s exactly what InDespair delivers with Time To Wake Up<\/em>, their debut full-length and first release to feature lyrics sung entirely in English.<\/p>\n

The \u201cpower thrash\u201d sound is, for the most part, a decidedly American brand of metal. It was pioneered in the \u201880s by bands like Vicious Rumors and Sanctuary, and bands like Seventh Calling, Witches Mark and Imagika have carried it into the new era. InDespair, however, embraces this style like it was their birthright. Time To Wake Up<\/em> is a full-on metal assault from start to headbanging finish. It\u2019s an exercise in razor sharp riffs, crushingly heavy rhythms, dark and violent lyrics, clean (but rough) vocals (with harsher screamed vocals coming in here and there for added emphsasis), and just enough melody to keep you hooked throughout. Testament and Anthrax seem to be the touchstones, as do Iced Earth and Sanctuary, but there\u2019s a brawling, grooving heavy undercurrent running through these songs that suggests a lot of time spent listening to Pantera. Fans of Mercenary and Solution 45 will probably get some mileage out of this one as well. InDespair just does a perfect job of capturing the best elements of thrash metal without the songs becoming just another riff-fest.<\/p>\n

InDespair seems like anything but a newcomer or outsider to the sound here. Time To Wake Up<\/em> is an extremely well-written, well-executed and well-produced album, and it\u2019s one of the best power\/thrash albums that has been released in recent years (since Imagika\u2019s Feast for the Hated at least). If you\u2019re on the fence, a quick sample of songs like \u201cA Ripper, a Butcher, a Demon,\u201d \u201cTonight We Die Free\u201d and the title track ought to convince you. If you like your metal thrashing, heavy, aggressive yet still melodic, this one is easy to recommend: turn it on, turn it up, bang your head. Repeat as necessary. <\/p>\n

Genre: Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal<\/p>\n

Band:
\nPiotr Krawczyk (v)
\nSergiusz Ciskowski (g)
\nDaniel Bartosik (g)
\nSebastian Jarus (d)
\nWojchech Fojcik (b)<\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n1.\tDestined to Fall
\n2.\tBreak His Spell
\n3.\tVexila Regis Prodeunt Inferni
\n4.\tA Ripper, a Butcher, a Demon
\n5.\tTonight We Die Free
\n6.\tTo the Weak Ones
\n7.\tTime To Wake Up
\n8.\tThe Scent of Fear
\n9.\tBlessed are the Fallen
\n10.\tAn Inch From Our Demise<\/p>\n

Website: www.indespair.pl<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8.75\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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