ANTIDOTE - TOTAL
DREAMY THRASH
Technical thrashers Antidote from Finland released a great debut album in 1992 simply called "The Truth". Now two years later it was time to record a sequel. This time with a new guitarist in the lineup Pete Eloranta. On "Total" the progressive elements that Antidote displayed on their first record has been toned down a bit. The speed and the wild and crazy sound of their debut seems to be gone as well.
I think that Antidote must have listened quite a bit to 'Justice' era Metallica or perhaps Prong, because this is something different from their debut. It definitely suffers from the trends of the nineties. Don't get me wrong the album is still experimental but not in a raging thrashing way. The debut was fast, violent and slightly progressive, this one leans more towards some sort of mixture of thrash, heavy and groove metal.
Total is quite a laidback album, it has some crunchy riffs but the whole album didn't live up to the wild craziness of their debut. The album artwork is quite wacky though
but somehow it's fitting a mid-tempo thrash album that is laidback in it's nature.
I really loved their debut so this follow-up was a slight disappointment to me. Don't get me wrong there are some strong riffs here and there but the whole album doesn't live up to my hopes. It's an average thrash album with a few highlights but also a few ups and downs.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Shark Records Year: 1994 Country: Finland Duration: 57:49 Tracks: 10 Genre: Thrash/Groove Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 2/5 | ||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | |
| Nino Laurenne - Vocals & Guitars Pete Eloranta - Guitars Pete Peltonen - Bass Mika Arnkil - Drums |
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