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» Final Breath » Discography » LET ME BE YOUR TANK - CD reviewsMetal Covenant - http://www.metalcovenant.comWith an album titled Let Me Be Your Tank, the germans in Final Breath deliver a nice little attack in form of a mix between thrash and death metal. You just got to love that title, and it suites perfectly as this is hard and heavy and won't stop for nothing. Although they have existed since 1993, this is just their third album, and the first one that I have stumbled over. They have much in common with legendary Kreator, but they are also flirting to the left and right with other styles within the realms of thrash and death metal music. There are traces of Swedish death to be heard, not particularly with Entombed but the singing from Jürgen Aumann is not far from L-G Petrov. And with a distinguished taste for guitar based melodies, the similarities can be drawn towards American styled thrash/death bands like Slayer and Grip Inc. Final Breath know how to play fast and how to do it well, without letting it get carried away too much. With grinding guitars and blistering drums they lead you forward with a great taste for leads and solos, which many times are in the vein of Slayer and often equally good. They have the ability to combine fast and aggressive death with thrash melodies and never letting it become to strenuous to listen to by keeping a melodic touch to it all, not least with many harmony parts that are really tasteful. And when they keep the speed restrained as in the heavy title track Let Me Be Your Tank, they get a nice groove going that brings out some great Slayer vibes. Two of the tracks are re-recordings from their debut album Flash-Burnt Crucifixes (2000), and I can't say that they differ anything really from the others. There is continuity in the tracks that hold together the album really well, just like the production which is splendidly done. 8 von 10 Punkte (Thomas) Brutalism - http://www.brutalism.comThird album of these German death thrashers. It begins with a nice cover and the knowledge that this album also comes as a limited one with a bonus CD with over 75 mins. And now the music. Is it also interesting? Yes I think so. After an intro that deals with nothing the tank get rolling. Aggressive vocals, forcing drums and thrashy guitars with nervy leads. Up tempo songs with the necessary breaks to accelerate. Def not an album that wastes your precious time. Listen!.(brutalism.com) The Temple Of Metal - http://www.thegempleofmetal.grFinal Breath reach the third album with this release. I didn't knew that the band was with their last album in the Nuclear Blast roster but unfortunately (or fortunately?) they end up with Remedy Records, to release their new album with the title "Let me be your tank", strange title don't you think? But the best part in this release is the very good music, that with generosity Final Breath offer to us.Musically the band has two main influences, the thrash metal and the death metal. The music can be desrcibed as Thrash metal , while the vocals are mostly with a death metal approach. All the songs are based on the guitars and that's why we have a lot of guitar solos and very nice guitar riffs. Also the rhythm section is very good. I don't know why, the band decide to re-record two tracks from their debut album and they put them in this one. The tracks are : "Exposed to hatred" and "Sociopathically Insanse". Personally in the forty five minutes I had a great time with their music and I hope I will have the opportunity in the future to hear their previous works too. Antonis Maglaras Metalrage - http://www.metalrage.comAh finally, a decent thrash record! Final Breath hails from Germany, and play Thrash metal in the vains of Kreator, Slayer, The Haunted, spiced up with some hints of death metal like Dew Scented for example. The band got together in 1993, but it took 7 years before they released their first full album Flash-Burnt Crucifixes. This cd got followed up by Mind Explosion in August 2003. A year later the band released its latest offering, Let Me Be Your Tank. It took a while for this cd to find its way to Metalrage, but we'll review it nonetheless!The disc starts of with a typical crunchy metal intro, soon to be followed by the song "Strong Pain", one of the faster tracks on the disc. When "Eyes of Horror" begins the tempo drops a bit. This song has a great mosh-riff halfway trough and some shredding guitarsolo work. "Greed of Revenge" pumps up the speed and has a very catchy guitarlead during its chorus which actually made me remember it. More great guitarwork combined with some tempo changes finish of this song. Time for my favorite song of this disc; "Empty Eyes". This one has basically every ingredient a good thrash song needs. The opening riff is just insane, and I love it when there are some riffs following up eachother quickly. Some bands tend to exploit a decent riff way to much, and Final Breath really knows how to grab you by your nuts and drag you through this tune. Unfortunatly "Exposed To Hatred" is a bit more of a standard thrash affair. It's also a re-recording of an older song of the band. The titletrack is one of the more groove-orientated songs of this album, and starts with a nice 80ies guitar and drumintro before the main riff kicks in. The speed gets turned up a few notches again for "Bemoaned Animosity". If this track doesnt get your head banging you're probably more suited to listen to the latest Good Charlotte cd. Vocalist Jürgen sounds alot like a little higher-pitched Marco Aro (ex-The Haunted) in this song..but maybe thats just me. Time for another older tune called "Sociopathically Insane". I like this one much more than the other older song, it has some very fast riffing and some cool guitar+doublebass hooks. Nice job by drummer Heiko! "Coma Divine" is a worthy closer of this excellent metal record, a catchy main guitar riff and thunderous drumming would be two keywords for this song. Final Breath might sound a bit standard because of the genre of music they play, but Let Me Be Your Tank delivers 100% quality metal. If you are looking for an experimental metal band, look elsewhere. Final Breath is about pissed-off vocals, tight and fast drumming, excellent guitarriffs and solos. What more do you want? 83 points out of 100 (Carn) Metallian - http://www.metallian.com
Despite a hokey album title Final Breath's Let
Me Be Your Tank is actually a cool metal listen. The band encompasses
all the elements of underground metal and does it well. The song Empty
Eyes is quite close to Death, but otherwise the band mixes that style
with the sounds of Dew-Scented, Naglfar and others. The vocals are
harsh, gruff and with a limited range, the solos present and viable and
the rhythm fast and hard. There is a great guitar solo, for instance,
on Exposed To Hatred which is mixed with the pounding riffage. There is
also a great lead on Strong Pain which leads to a practiced rhythm
change. In general, heavy and tight rhythms and fanciful guitars are
the band's best feature. Add that to the urgency and power and Final
Breath sounds better and better. - Ali "The Metallian" |
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