THANATOS – Undead.Unholy.Divine

 
Label: Black Lotus Records
Release: 06.10.2004
By: Reverend
Points: 7,5
Time: 40:11
Style: Death Metal
URL: Thanatos
 

THANATOS are a classical death/thrash combo from the Netherlands. They play death metal in the way of the first two Morbid Angel or older Death albums, with violent guitar solos and lots of thrash metal parts. Undead.Unholy.Divine is the title of their fourth full-length album and their debut on the Greek label Black Lotus Records. It features 11 fast and brutal songs which make one feel like being transferred back to the 80s. A raw, but powerful production adds to this impression, and all in all one can say that Undead.Unholy.Divine would have been a true treasure if it had been released 15 years ago. Today, it still is a good album, even though there are a lot of bands playing 80s style death metal today which makes it difficult to write objective reviews. However, THANATOS are definitely one of the better bands out there, as their song writing is quite nice and they play with enough energy to convince at least me that they are serious about what they do. Undead.Unholy.Divine is a great album, maybe a bit too nostalgic here and there, but definitely of high quality.