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| Metal is in something of a transitional period right now. Five or so years ago it was nu-metal that ruled the airwaves, but now, with the emergence of Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine, it seems that a modern, updated thrash sound is where it’s at. And while Trivium and Bullet steal all the accolades, there are bands underground keeping the original thrash metal torch burning. |
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Lipid can’t just be described as thrash, though, because they're simply much heavier than that, much more extreme - let’s call them extreme-thrash! Opener ‘He Who Hates Us All’ is a relatively tame affair, in comparison to the rest of the album at least. I mean, of course it’s not tame in the true sense of the word - with huge metallic riffs, Max Cavalera-esque vocals, and drums straight out of the Dave Lombardo school of drumming - but the song just doesn’t hit the same heights the rest of the album does. Title track ‘Deliver Us from Evil’ is a brutal slab of machine gun drumming with the kind of sound that made Sepultura famous. Even though Lipid hail from Denmark, their sound definitely isn’t Scandinavian. ‘Silence or Death’ follows the same formula; machine gun drumming, Cavalera style vocals, riffs that Dimebag himself would be proud of and the occasional thrash breakdown. Thinking about it ‘Signal Revenge’ follows this path too, as does ‘My Final Pain…'
Herein lies the main problem with bands like Lipid. I have no doubt that their level of musicianship is of an unbelievably high standard, and I know for a fact these guys know how to write a brilliant metal track. But when every single song on the album sounds the same, it gets very boring, very quickly. Lipid are a great band to bang your head to at a metal club, and I’m sure they’d be amazing live, but it’s a sad fact of life that Lipid will never be more than an underground metal band. Maybe they should go the Trivium route - re-release ‘Master of Puppets’ and claim it’s their own. |
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| James Bunce - 6/10 |
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