HATCHET — Dawn of the End (review)

HATCHET — Dawn of the End album cover Album · 2013 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
UMUR
"Dawn of the End" is the 2nd full-length studio album by US thrash metal act Hatchet. The album was released through The End Records in March 2013. It´s been five long years since the release of the band´s debut full-length studio album "Awaiting Evil (2008)", which is a bit unusual considering that "Awaiting Evil (2008)" helped put Hatchet at the forefront of the retro thrash wave. It appears that the band have had quite a few lineup changes in the years between the two albums though, so that might be one explanation for the long time between release dates.

The music on "Dawn of the End" is retro sounding US thrash metal. There are literally thousands of acts playing this style of music out there, but few manage to nail the sound of the eighties as Hatchet do. While they don´t sound like a clone of any particular act from the golden days of thrash, I´d say at least Exodus haven´t lived in vain. So with the whole "not being original" talk out of the way, let´s celebrate how much the 10 tracks on the 46:04 minutes long album kick ass (well one of them is an acoustic guitar piece, but otherwise this is headbanger friendly music). This is simply retro sounding US thrash metal deluxe...

A raw sounding lead vocalist with a badass attitude, catchy thrashy riffing, great solo work and a pounding, aggressive rythm section. All packed in a powerful sounding production and delivered by skilled musicians "Dawn of the End" is a high quality thrash metal album. If you can live with the fact that these guys don´t exactly invent the wheel, I can highly recommend "Dawn of the End". A 4 star (80%) rating is deserved.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
You´ll love this one Kim!

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