Warfield – With the Old Breed

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• Band:
  Warfield
• Duration: 00:42:34
• Available since: 04/04/2025
• Label:

• Napalm Records

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“Aggressioooooooooon !!!“: It is the battle scream by Johannes Clemens, singer and bassist of the Warfield, a deadly trio from Kaiserslautern, dedicated to the most lacerating forms of Thrash Metal and authors of the present present” With the Old Breed “, second test in the studio after the debut of seven years ago” Wrecking Command “.
Kreator (especially them), Sodom but also Exodus and Slayer: these are the basic influences of the German group, to better define the primordial roots from which Johannes, his brother Matthias (guitar) and Dominik (drums) have drawn and then developed their artistic belief. A lightning bare that combines past and present, that connects Europe and the United States so as to cement a solid, direct and engaging album, where the catchness of the refrain mixes well with the fresh outbursts of riffs, building a school interlocking at first listening but which, in fact, hits the goal in full.
Like the new Hellripper, also for the Warfields the winning weapon is to be found in the identity card of the three interpreters: certainly not very young, but the determination and precious desire to, pass the term, 'split everything', expires copiously by all and eleven the songs contained in the album, including the cover of the Nuclear Assault “F# (Wake Up)” (present in the edition), confirming the passionate euro-American parallelism mentioned above.
The business card is clever and crucial: “Melting Mass” begins with the classic screen at Tom Arya and in just under three minutes he gets our ears thanks to his 'Ketatorian' refrain, while the invective against a company where the judgment and reputation are now the masters, is declared with impetus and anger. The Riff blender maintains the same impulse in the subsequent “appetitive aggression” and “soul conqueror”, however managing to baste a singular plot every time, without reducing to the simple solution of the 'shooter' without head neither tail.
This solution supported by two other pieces that are certainly placed among the best of the entire album: primarily “fragmentation” with its Gang-Shouts to send us straight to the choirs launched at the time by Gary Holt and his companions; With it, even “Tie the Rope” deserves an ear of attention, with its slow and evil rhythm capable of alternating perfectly in midtempo and more swirling detachments, demyping the already raw uvula of J.Clemens.
“With the Old Breed”, rewarded by a production that does justice to the entire instrumentation, without over-stalks or sounds all too far pattered, it likes for its simple and direct dynamic, with “Gasp” to introduce a second, perhaps less successful, in perfect Slayerian style, instead anticipating the lethal title-track, rightly placed at the end of the album, for one last testimony of the potential of these three Germans. Bravi!

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