This time I'm reviewing REZISTOR's debut Album "Beware The Silent"
The band got in touch with me, and kindly sent me their album for a review. Thanks guys! To ALL other bands who read this, I will review your album/demo/ep whatever. Send it my way, and I'll give it a fair shake; just like what I am about to do with REZISTOR's album!
Anyways...
Rezistor hails from Romania, and according to their website they started in 2008; after the members quit various other bands, and decided to get back to basics with Rezistor.
First off it has to be said, that a lot of indie thrash bands have very poor production on their debut whatever, this is not the case for this album. The production is nice and clear, this is a huge plus for any band trying to get off the ground. It sounds professional. Also the cover art is fanasatic. I really like it. So without further adieu ...
The essence of thrash metal, is based on the riffing. If you don't have the riffs, you don't have anything. This album is full of great riffs peppered throughout the songs. There are times where you will be bobbing your head, but there are other times where the songs aren't working, or you will find that these great riffs aren't connected properly. That's not to say, the songs aren't enjoyable. You will find yourself at times replaying the song you just heard to hear that one riff again. But as mentioned before, the songs suffer from bad arrangement. I think that's the best way to describe it. You have a mess of great thrashy riffs, and the songs just seem cluttered / all over the place.
The drumming is not bad, but it's not great either. It's your quintessential thrash drumming, and fits really well at times throughout the album. I would of liked a bit more diversity in what was going on. This is the same thing for the bass, it's nice and audible in the mix; but nothing special going on. The bass just follows the guitar, nothing wrong with that; I just think a few bass fills here and there would of helped the songs.
The vocals are the low point of this album. The band is from Romania so naturally the singer has a thick accent when singing. Also due to the fact that; the vocals are nice and clear in the mix, you can really notice the accent and it kind of is off putting, not all the time mind you. There are times where the vocalist sounds great, but he should of stuck to signing in his native tongue. There is a song in Romanian on this album, and the vocalist sounds much better. This album would of defiantly benefited by being sung completely in Romanian. It would of also helped the lyrical content as well.
Overall this isn't a bad debut from a new band. There were moments of glory throughout the album, but it did have it's faults. I think once this band matures a bit, and switches to Romanian vocals, their sound overall will be much better.
I give this 5/10.
Stay brutal!
-Fritz
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