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Turbokill are a heavy metal band from Germany formed in 2017 by former Alpha Tiger vocalist Stephan Dietrich, releasing their self titled E.P. in 2018. The bands first full length album 'Vice World' was released in 2019.    
             
Shaping their sound around traditional heavy metal and the glorious NWOBHM, Turbokill deliver a full on, in your face and intense, forty five minutes of "foot on the monitor" exhilaration. 'Vice World' (the album) is one of those albums that is an immediate like, a sit up and take notice, and a straight into the favourites section of your collection. 'The Grand Delusion' gets proceedings underway, a one minute atmospheric build up to the title song 'Vice World', which launches the furious tirade of eleven songs in a blistering forty five minutes, in a blaze of bombastic exhilaration. One hundred percent "foot on the monitor" styled, 'Vice World' is a sparkling opener, full of pace, purpose and urgency. A breath taking opening sets the scene for what is to come - the fast and furious 'War Thunder' explodes into life and gallops on at pace. Germany is home to the power metal scene, yet Turbokill have chosen to pursue the traditional style of heavy metal, and boy do they do it well. 'War Thunder' is infectious and head bangingly addictive.    
             
The classic sound of the NWOBHM takes front and centre as 'Pulse Of The Swarm' struts its stuff. Big riffs and thundering rhythms echo British legends Saxon, as 'Pulse Of The Storm' err, storms to a finish. The eccentrically titled 'Global Monkey Show' introduces a more melodic feel, swaggering on its way, guitars buzzing like it's 1984... 'Global Monkey Show' hits hard and is kinda like a party anthem with its happy and contagious vibe. So far the album has reeked of mid eighties sounding heavy metal, the classic twin guitar attack, screaming solos and a vocal performance so clean, so clear, so powerful. Thumping pace takes over the album as 'Sail With Pirates' runs amok, scorching the Earth as it hurtles on. And that chorus, wow... Melodic and catchy just doesn't do it justice. It's sing a long, it's anthemic, it's a chant style that a concert audience are all gonna join in and scream at the tops of their lungs. Turbokill are on to a winner with this one, as they are with the entire album a must have for any die hard fan of traditional heavy metal. 'Turbokill' is a frenetic adrenaline rush of punchy guitars, an anthemic chant of a chorus that is just superb, and talk about infectious. I'm infected, and have been since the album began.    
             
The pace, power and bombastic barrage of 'Vice World' (the album) has been relentless and unforgiving. 'Kill The Lie' is a mid tempo melodic monster, with buzz style riffing straight out of the eighties. Turbokill have certainly found my sweet spot when it comes to the style of heavy metal I like. And while I know they didn't write the album for me, am sure there are loads of fans around the world with exactly the same taste as me, who are gonna fall instantly in love at the first listen. Opening as though it's gonna be a ballad, 'Don't Deal With The Devil' starts mellow, becoming a crushingly heavy mid tempo foot stomp. And for the first time on the album, a menacing feel descends, as 'Don't Deal With The Devil' changes gear and gallops on to its end. 'Track N' Spy' is the most melodic metal song on offer, trotting by with pride, showing the flexibility of Turbokill to play both fast and mid paced heavy metal. And to a favourite song of mine on the album, the chugging anthem 'End Of Days'. What a riff, what a rhythm, what a chorus - the most melodic sing a long the album has to offer. Arriving at the final song and we have not had one single ballad (and for anyone that doesn't know me or hasn't followed my reviews - ballads have no place on a metal album, their home is on rock albums). 'Fortress Of The Universe' ends the album as it began, in a furious furore of fast paced "foot on the monitor" style heavy metal. A bombastic barrage of head bang able rhythms and yet another, melodic sing a long style chorus. Come on everyone, altogether now "fortress of the universe..."    
             
Overall, a glorious album rammed to the rafters with fast paced, bombastic and infectious, traditional heavy metal.    
             
             
Review by Iron Mathew Collins    
             
Reviewed for Metal Gods TV    
             
             
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