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Mäax: Unholy rock 'n' roll

05/01/12  ||  Habakuk

Göod work on that band name guys. Mäax don’t only like pointless dots on vocals, but also occupy themselves with playing lo-fi blackened thrash that draws its inspirations from one step before blackened thrash, which is more traditional heavy metal like Motörhead, Tank or Venom. Thus we get audible bass, a somewhat clumsy drum sound and old school, straightforward riffing. The “black” notion comes in after that in the form of harsh vocals and the odd dissonant harmonic strewn in. Sounds entertaining enough, but after around five songs, my entertainment scale drops drastically. Sodom have often used a similar, slightly tongue-in-cheek approach (“Hey, hey Rock’n Roll Star!”), but if that’s all there is to it, then I’d rather go with the real deal and flip out either some Tank or some full-on, more effective black/thrash. These guys should concentrate on writing more frantic stuff like “Fight with Fire” or “Coldest Steel” and stop emulating classics as closely as they are doing now, for it does get a little redundant.

6/10: Possibly one more point if you think modern Darkthrone is the best thing since sliced bread.

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