DUST BOLT — Awake the Riot (review)

DUST BOLT — Awake the Riot album cover Album · 2014 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Awake the Riot (2014) is the second full-length album by German thrash metal act Dust Bolt. The album includes a cover of Future Shock, originally by US act Evildead, to round off the original material on the album. The song is taken from the band's Annihilation of Civilization (1989) album.

Awake the Riot is the sort of album that doesn't really need much saying about it in order give you an idea what it sounds like. Suffice to say that what Dust Bolt have on their hands here is a barrage of thrash riffs with shouted vocals. But what is fairly typical of the thrash metal genre in style is delivered with upper class musicianship complete with technical edges and a great sense of melody and that really helps give Dust Bolt's songs an edge over the competition. The record as a whole is very energetic, only rarely descending into slower speeds, although when it does Dust Bolt produce what is arguably the album's crowning achievement in The Monotonous - Distant Scream, the last original song on the album before the Evildead cover. I really enjoy the way it builds up from slow and rather evil sounding into the sort of full-on thrash metal attack you'd expect from an album like this. In short, Awake the Riot is an incredibly fun thrash metal record to bang your head to.

While not the most addictive thrash metal album I've ever heard it's clear to me that Dust Bolt are an act that have a lot to offer the genre and those that enjoy thrash metal will surely love what the band serve up here.
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