ANACRUSIS - MANIC IMPRESSIONS
A NEW DIRECTION.
After the first two albums Anacrusis came to a crossroad and the band chose to go in even more experimental and progressive direction for their third album. The end result was titled Manic Impressions and it was released through Metal Blade Records in 1991. The thrash metal scene was started to be flooded by 1991 so I guess it made sense to explore new territories.
Fans of Flotsam and Jetsam, Coroner, Voivod and Prong would certainly enjoy a record like this. It's atmospheric, very well-produced and a bit weird in it's progressiveness.
Kenn Nardi's voice shiftes a lot through out the record. He spits rapidly kinda like Sabbat's (UK) Martin Walkyier but he also uses a more dreamy talkative voice that suits the prog metal explorations.
The choruses are also very memorable especially in the songs 'Paint a Picture' and 'I love the World', the last one being a New Model Army-cover. If you like raw old thrash metal with lots of noise and reverb this would probably be too weird for you. But if you're a bit more adventurous and like progressive metal then I can highly recommend that you check out Anacrusis third studio album Manic Impressions.
Maybe this record was a bit ahead of it's time, there were prog metal before Anacrusis but this doesn't sound dated or anything, quite the opposite.
Anacrusis was a heavily underrated thrash metal band and Manic Impressions is another solid album that most metal fans will enjoy.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Metal Blade Records Year: 1991 Country: U.S.A. Duration: 52:50 Tracks: 10 Genre: Progressive Thrash Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 4/5 | |||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||
| Kenn Nardi - Vocals & Guitar Kevin Heidbreder - Guitar John Emery - Bass Chad Smith - Drums |
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