POISONER — Disobey (review)

POISONER — Disobey album cover EP · 2015 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Disobey" is an EP release by Danish, Slagelse based thrash metal act Poisoner. The EP is the first official release by the band and it was released through Revival Metal Records in January 2015.

The 4 tracks on the 22:54 minutes long EP are all in an aggressive old school thrash metal style. Lead vocalist/guitarist Lauritz Andersen delivers a caustic snarling performance, which really sounds like he means business (even occasionally touching growling territory). The vocals are definitely one of the highlights of the release. The rest of the band are fairly well playing too, and the music is generally delivered with the right dose of organic authenticity and a decent tightness.

Although the material is hardly original sounding, it´s pretty catchy with hard edged thrashy riffing and a pounding rhythm section. There´s not an overall primary influence heard in the music but especially "Ferocious Potentate" is very clearly influenced by 80s Kreator.

The EP features a rather raw and unpolished sound production, which at times sounds slightly amaturish and demo like. There´s a charm to it though, when you hear strings clicking against the fretboard or other natural sounds, that you don´t normally hear on most studio recordings. "Disobey" was recorded in December 2014 at Bohemian Records, Copenhagen in 3 days, which would explain the raw sound and the fact that it sometimes sounds like it was recorded live in the studio.

As mentioned above the music is hardly original sounding, but it´s performed with great passion and conviction and that always counts on the plus side. So upon conclusion "Disobey" is a pretty good quality first release by Poisoner. It´s not perfect but certainly promising and a 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.
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