Known and established musicians (Night In Gales, Ninnghizhidda, Destillery, Flaming Anger) start something new, kindly bowing towards Scandinavia and the US and throw the best both scenes have to offer regarding PowerThrash and Death Metal in one pot. What comes out is an unbelievably powerful, aggressive and groovy blend that in fact often reminds of the idols (draw the bow from Machine Head to The Haunted) but still has an own identity and very personal note. The simply entitled Promo 2K5 kicks so downright ass that structural damages around your neck might be inevitable.
THE VERY END hail from Germans Ruhr-area, the birthplace of Germans metal scene, and offer with Promo 2K5 their first, very impressing sign of musical life in their one year lasting existence.
Three tracks, meant to be appetizer and compiled for label shopping, convince from the very first moment. Especially asskicking opener The Black To Come is a gem of brutality and groove. Pounding rhythms alternate with fast thrash parts, while clean refrain singing offers the counterpart to the growls in the strophes. Live, I tell you, this song destroys and kills everything! The Black To Come can almost be taken as résumé of the both songs still to follow, because Me vs. Life scales down the groove part a little and focuses more on the pure Thrash side of music (can’t help… but the singing reminds me of the first EverEve album…), while This End take it more the other way round: slowly milling brutal groove parts please ears and neck, with some guitar solos in between.
Yeah, an very exciting piece of music, displaying much of potential. Need more of it!