HIRAX El rostro de la muerte CD
Cult thrash / speed metal
Cult thrash / speed metal
Katon W. de Pena is the sole remaining member of the original Hirax, and if you’ve seen the man in documentaries like Get Thrashed, you know the guy is the real deal and all about metal. (...) He sounds much more aggressive now, raspy, thrashy, gnarly and all that.(...) “El Rostro de la Muerte” is a vicious album, thrash metal the way thrash metal is meant to be, aggressive, dirty, fast, furious. This is a lot heavier than Hirax’s “Raging Violence” classic, for instance, but retains the undeniable attitude, all thanks, no doubt, to de la Pena. It’s great to listen to an album like this in the final days of 2009. Thrash metal is on the up-and-up, but fashion is fleeting, and like everything else, it’ll come tumbling down as fast as its going up. Only the betters will remain. Hirax? I welcome them at the very top of the heap. 8/10 (Global Domination)
Tracklist
01. Baptized By Fire
02. Flesh and Blood
03. Eradicate Mankind
04. Chaos and Brutality
05. El Rostro de la Muerte (The Face of Death)
06. Blind Faith
07. Horrified
08. Battle of the North
09. The Laws of Temptation
10. Death Militia
11. Broken Neck
12. Violent Assault
13. Cuando Cae la Oscuridad (When Darkness Falls)
14. Satan’s Fall

