DENIAL FIEND — Horror Holocaust (review)

DENIAL FIEND — Horror Holocaust album cover Album · 2011 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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Following up on "They Rise (2007)", "Horror Holocaust" is the 2nd full-length studio album by US thrash metal act Denial Fiend. The album was released in August 2011 by Ibex Moon Records. Denial Fiend is a kind of thrash/death metal supergroup featuring members and ex-members of acts such as Massacre, Death, The Accüsed, Obituary, D.R.I. and Six Feet Under.

There´s been a change of drummer since the debut album but maybe more importantly Kam Lee (Massacre, Bone Gnawer, Skincrawler...etc.) has been replaced by Blaine Cook (The Accüsed, Toe Tag). Where Kam Lee is a growling type vocalist, Blaine Cook is more in the crossover thrashy aggressive sneer catagory. The change of vocalist results in "Horror Holocaust" being a raw old school thrash metal album rather than a raw old school death/ thrash ditto, which is probably the tag I´d put on "They Rise".

You get 8 tracks distributed over 29:46 minutes of playing time. It´s both raw and charming (if you can appreciate Blaine Cook´s crossover punky/thrashy vocal style) but it would be a stretch to say that these guys have an original style or that they execute their style in a way that sets them apart from the majority of acts playing the same style. The quality of the material and the sound production are solid, but "Horror Holocaust" somehow fail to leave a lasting impression on me. A 3 star rating is fair.
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