Umm, just another band trying to profit from the recent thrash metal revival initiated by the success of Netherlands based Legion Of The Damned and the „re-spawned“ Slayer, is what I usually think when I get to hear of y young band playing old school like thrash metal. But besides the “clones”, there are also positive surprise, and KINGDOM OF SALVATION, a 2003 founded band from Leverkusen, Germany, are one of those.
Of course one can find lots of citations from the works of Slayer (e.g. Misery Broadcast) or even Iron Maiden (The Flames Of Revenge) and other eighties-heroes as well as some borrowings from early Swedish death metal acts. But although KINGDOM OF SALVATION made no pretence of their influences, there are also some examples of a rather stand-alone songwriting on Lost In Chaos. And in my opinion, especially when the band does not imitate one of their superior paragons, the songs turn out to be their strongest.
Maybe the best example for this is the track Tyrant Of Terror (also very nice to listen to performed live as I could experience two times recently). Starting off with a sluggish, melodic and simply strong riff as basic theme for the song, it slowly leads over to an aggressive and fast mid part and from there into an almost atmospheric interlude to keep up the intensity. And until the end, the song glides back to its basic theme. Simply a convincing song!
So, anyone who likes the genre is recommended to try this one out. Not every song holds something groundbreaking, but there are some nice ideas to discover on Lost In Chaos!