Decimate Album Reviews

KERRANG
11 ROUNDS

(Copro Records)

KKKK

If you've seen Decimate live in the past few years you'll know that they're the kind of band that have strangers falling in love on the spot, one of those perennially great support bands frequently stranded too low on the bill to be remembered even though they absolutely fucking shred every stage they ever hit. No excuses for amnesia now as this debut LP drops, and what instantly emerges through the stunning intro and "My Time" is that the live firestorm is no fluke- this is 11 bodyshots of adrenaline segued by enough moments of musical derailment (weird passages of NWOBHM atmospherics and Scandinavian goth melodrama) to always keep the full-on assault enjoyable. None more metal but instantaneously catchy enough to get as close to crossover as Copro are ever gonna get.
Somebody give'em a break.
DOWNLOAD: Forever Alone
FOR FANS OF: At The Gates & Hatebreed.
Neil Kulkarni