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Sometimes a surprise
comes and knocks your door and you
remain with the mouth open. This was
my first thought when I received the
new album from Memorain, a Greek thrash
metal band, which they release their
third album so far. It is firstly
a surprise (and of course all the
congratulations to the band) because
they have a new label. They left NMC
and now they are in the ranks of EMI.
A huge step forward
for the band and I am sure with their
new label will have the maximum help
in order to promote their stuff. Except
that, Memorain, who are one of the
best thrash metal bands in Greece,
have in their ranks the mighty Nick
Menza (ex. Megadeth) and believe me
this guy had forwarded the music of
Memorain to another level. Besides
that, Mr. Annihilator, Jeff Waters
stopped and performed an incredible
solo in the "TV War" song.
Do you need more
elements in order to realize that
the new album of Memorain will blast
your head and that you will do endlessly
head banging? Maybe some of you don’t
know Memorain. I believe that the
main man of this band, Ilias Papadakis,
with this hard work has achieved to
make their personal sound. When you
hear something from Memorain, you
will understand it.
Definitely they have
some influences from Megadeth, but
above all, they have found their personal
sound from their second release. In
their debut album the weakest point
of Memorain was the voice of Ilias,
but in their second and now in their
third album, we can hear that Ilias
has worked really hard with his voice
and we have a great improvement to
the highest level. Definitely we may
hear his great guitar solos and the
aggressive guitar riffs, plus the
great rhythm section that completes
the final result.
It is needless to
say more things, because I want to
hear again and again their new album
and to feel all the things that the
band has included in their well worked
compositions. A thrash metal assault
full of emotions, but in the same
time with the right aggression and
power.
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