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| Prayers Of Sanity are a thrash metal band from Portugal formed in 2007 releasing their debut album two years later in 2009. The bands follow up album was released in 2012, with third album, 'Face Of The Unknown', released in 2017. | ||||||
| "face of the unknown" chants the band as the album gets underway with the title song 'Face Of The Unknown'. Raging like a hurricane, 'Face Of The Unknown' is a thunderous and aggression fuelled romp, that has more brutality than (thrash metal legends) Slayer and Kreator combined. The pace is breath taking, the attitude laden vocals are growly and throaty, not so much that you can't understand what is being sung, and are perfectly suited to this type of abrasive thrash metal. The heaviness is increased as 'Dead Alive' takes flight and rockets of at high velocity. Faster than the opening song, 'Dead Alive' is a high octane mix of aggression and attitude that will simply take your breath away. Step aside Kreator, Terrifier, My Regime and From Eden To Exile...who have all released albums this year...there is a new aggression in town and its name is Prayers Of Sanity. With its unrelenting and merciless pace, the album continues on with 'Past, Present, None' obliterating the airways and devastating forests such is its force. Head banging to this album may cause serious injury so make sure you warm up your neck muscles fully before pressing the play button... | ||||||
| The album is only thirty five minutes in length with nine songs on offer and boy do those songs make their presence felt. The pace and power of the album is insane, with the speed a possible threat to the sound barrier. The savage barrage of riffs and rhythms continues with even more aggression, in the brutal shape of 'Unturned'. Fans of Slayer and Kreator will simply fall in love with this album and will want to play it time and time again. It really is that good. Suddenly and without any warning, all pace, power and aggression disappears to be replaced with a mellow, almost acoustic two minute instrumental 'In Between'. There is plenty of atmosphere contained within 'In Between' and it most certainly doesn't feel out of place here. What it does give though, is a few moments to breath, before the thrash metal fury begins again... | ||||||
| ...And begin again it does with the rampant 'March Forward'. Furious and fast, 'March Forward' is head banging heaven. The pace is just right, the aggression level is spot on and the glorious guitar riffs are simply mesmeric. Intensity rises high, energy levels go off the scale and rawness takes on a new form as 'Someday' hurtles along at a blistering pace. Aggression is unrelenting, pace is high velocity, everything about this album is sheer brilliance and I can't fault it. Half an hour in and the album is heading for its end with the superb, and what I consider to be the fastest song on the album, 'Betrayer'. One final hurrah to attempt to head bang your head off your shoulders, 'Betrayer' is one of the most breath taking thrash metal songs I have heard this year. The album ends with the sub two minute 'Nothing' ploughing a furrow of frenetic riffs and thunderous drums to scorch the Earth as it blazes on past. If you're looking for a one word summary of this album, it would simply be "superb". | ||||||
| Overall, a breath taking and savage rage of aggression and attitude laden thrash metal played at break neck speed. | ||||||
| Review by Iron Mathew Collins | ||||||
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