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| Sithlord are a thrash metal band from Australia formed in 1997, releasing their debut E.P. 'Labyrinth To The Gods' in 2000, and their debut full length album 'The Return To Godless Times' in 2002. Quiet for over fourteen years, the band returned in 2019 with their sophomore album 'From Out Of The Darkness'. | ||||||
| If you're looking for a no nonsense, old school thrashing, you could visit your local BDSM dominatrix, or you could just take a listen to Australian sci-fi thrashers Sithlord, and their second full length album. For it is a fast and furious eight song barrage of ferocity - all done and dealt with in under forty minutes. Lyrically, the band write about sci-fi operas, such as Star Wars, but there's no need to worry if you're not into Star Wars - you can still enjoy this album! Especially if you like your thrash fast and fierce... | ||||||
| ...'Next In Line' exploding into life with such ferocity it'll blast a huge crater in the Earths surface, knocking the Earth out of orbit, and sending the planet on a collision course with the Sun. A frantic and quite raucous opening, sets the standard for everything else that will follow, the albums intensity and pace not letting up for one second. Picking up the pace and showing a clean pair of heels, 'Rebel Scum' races off into the distance, leaving only a trail of smoke in its wake. This is classic sounding old school thrash the likes of which came to prominence during the eighties. The speed of some of the riffs delivered during 'Rebel Scum' are simply not of this Earth... Title song 'From Out Of The Darkness', chimes in just shy of seven minutes, and is heavier than a thousand, no, a million wrecking balls all hitting at once. The pace is lightning quick too, forging a deep furrow across the land, banging heads harder than they've ever been banged before. | ||||||
| 'The Alliance Of Hate' maintains the albums intensity, and also offers more aggression than the previous threesome! When I first heard this album, Exodus and their debut album sprung immediately to mind. The raw energy, the fast pace, the aggression levels - all similar in abundance, and thirty four years apart! Sithlord have cracked the style from the formative years of thrash metal, those early years when a cacophony of raw brutality ruled the airways and spawned "the big 4". And fucking hell the pace gets even quicker - 'The Accursed' travelling at a tremendous rate of knots! Such a rate I think we are gonna break the speed of light... And what a mid song breakdown - followed by a blistering guitar solo. I tell ya guys and gals, there are no heirs and graces here, this is thrash metal at its most basic, warts an' all. | ||||||
| And there goes the speed of light - we've broken through with 'Siths Revenge', a raging tsunami of ferocity. I don't know what it's like to be hit by a tank, but this must be close. 'Siths Revenge' will flatten whatever is fucking stupid enough to stand in its way, crushing them and disintegrating them to dust, Be aware, be very aware, that listening to this album will cause destruction. You have been warned. The devastating pace continues with the scorching 'The Return To Godless Times' (which I believe doesn't actually come from the bands 2002 album of the same name) tearing up the highway, smashing everything in sight. The path of destruction Sithlord create with 'From Out Of The Darkness' (the album) is devastating, and will leave permanent bruises on anything and anyone it touches. 'Dead By Dawn' brings the album to a close in ferocious style. More aggressive with more ferocity than ever, 'Dead By Dawn' is a breathless rampage of fierce thrash metal, and I challenge you to keep your heads banging at the same pace. I'm gonna dial emergency services for you now so when you break your neck trying, you'll know an ambulance is on its way... | ||||||
| Overall, a fierce and fiery barrage of thrash metal, all delivered at a savage pace, a pace that is both devastating and destructive. | ||||||
| Review by Iron Mathew Collins | ||||||
| Reviewed for Metal Gods TV | ||||||
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