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LETHAL (Swe) - Demolition - MC

Review from Infernal Demon (Tha) ExtraKill Issue Vol #1 2005:
SwedisholocausThrasher 'Lethal' and here their aggressionkill 'Demolition', this demotape had done from both u/g label 'Final Punishment & Steelfire Invasion Recs. in limited 222 handnumbered copies. (my's Nr. 166) and come out in pro-printed cover, in this tape have contained 6 Thrashing Trax in the vein of old Kreator, Razor, Destruction, Sodom..Aggressive riffs, raw and fasting sound, of course those things that you'll be touch from this!!! Yes! To be headbanging with this Thrash & Beer & Satan!!!!!!

Review from Nihilistic Holocaust:
You need a big pack of beer!! You need a big pack of beer! Or at least some burning heavy food to enjoy this piece of Beer metal! Urgh! fucking shit! This LETHAL tape sound old school So much old school it sounds quite kitsch, but it remains cool and entertaining in my hears! Imagine simple and primal riffs ŕ la early RAZOR/ KREATOR/ DESTRUCTION with your good old simple structures, nice beer metal choruses and some funny (in the right way) old school metal riffs that taste a good and funny alcoholic delirium! LETHAL happens to remind me the band CRANIUM who released few very old school thrashing riffs around 1998. Even if LETHAL doesn't sound the way SLAUGHTER did, they happen to have the same "Charge into the wall! Fucking metal! We're metal! Fuck you!!" state of mind. Sometimes it tastes a bit like SWORDMASTER (Simple side and vocals), but LETHAL is less melodic, less black metal influenced and not modern at all.
On song is entitled "Violent solution"... Fucking shit!! It's a true metal blasphemy for the French speaking metallers for sure!! Ah! (Needless to say more, the concerned guys will understand). Sometimes the thrash of LETHAL sounds too "easily findable" and some riffs sound common... after a while it's always thrash the old way with lacking surprises and beer inversing tempo changes... but to conclude I'll only say this band shouldn't be taken 100% serious: it's rather a decent thrashing beer metal project with enough fun and drinking choruses to entertain old school metal and beer worshippers! Last word of the jumping never healing wound: average but enjoyable for thrashing maniacs! So, a cool tape for only the ones who never drink enough! Ah.

Review from Nocturnalhorde.com:
Lethal might be an upcoming thrash sensation from Sweden. This is their first demo, which was released by the bands themselves on CDr and on tape by Final Punishment Records/Steelfire Invasion. This is thrash the way it is meant to be, the old way Imagine a gangbang with the good old German thrash bands involved, a couple of the American and maybe even a bit of the Canadian thrashing madness. Then you know what youll get from Lethal. Catchy hard hitting riffs, screaming leads, pounding drums and a punishing bass. The vocals are raw and in your face, just like it should be. A nice pronunciation that does you can hear the lyric and that adds to the whole impression. It would be a lie to say that Lethal revolutionizes the thrash genre. They have found the way of thrash they like and deliver it perfectly. The tracks are well crafted and very catchy and scream for some serious headbanging. And some of the guitar work is very good too. The only problem on this recording is the bit stale and boring production, but when one have in mind that this is the bands first demo, its pretty well made. The music does have a lot of quality, even though it lacks some originality. This release came as quite a surprise, it wouldnt be all wrong to call Lethal Swedens answer to Aura Noir, though without the pure black metal influences. Hardhitting thrash straight to the bone, killer guitar riffs and ear piercing solos. A raw and merciless scream. The band shows a lot on this demo and do not need much to become really good and a part of the elite in the thrash world. This is a must have for fans of old school thrashing madness done the mostly the European way. Im sure this band has a great future ahead; I know I cant wait to hear the next release.

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