Realm of Terror

Merciless Death | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Heavy Artillery
• ASIN: B0017KVOG6
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,654 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Merciless Death arrived like a firestorm on the international metal scene in early 2007 with their debut album, "Evil In Th...see site for more info.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars merciless death, realm of terror, July 8, 2008

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William Towles "dudeordie" (va) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Realm of Terror [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Great record. Merciless Death are not just another wanna be thrash metal poser band, ripping off greater bands like Exodus and Municipal Waste. These dudes bring a different from of energy and influence to the table then most who call themselves "thrash metal". Think more Bathory and Celtic Frost. Leave the silliness and catchy hooks for the pop bands. Pour on the speed and the satanism, lots of it! If you like your thrash metal, cruel, fast and hateful then enter the pentagram, "DEATH WARRIORS" is your new jam. If not run for your pitiful little life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good solid thrash metal, March 25, 2010

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Wordgrinder (Dallas, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Realm of Terror (Audio CD)

This disc is good solid thrash metal. Not a lot of range in the guitar playing, but lots of non-melodic but cool, simple riffs, fast and heavy downstrokes, not much noodling. The guitar solos are reminicent of Possessed or Kreator in the early days -- that is to say, not at all melodic, but pretty fast. The overall sound of this band is very tight and professional -- the drums snap, I love the heavy distortion, the vox are pretty standard-issue non-singing/rasp yells. Having grown up in the 80s listening to the orignal thrash bands to which Merciless Death pay homage, I find something lacking in the music. I guess it's not really fair to the band, because they can't compete with this, but the missing element seems to be nostalgia. I can listen to those old records, and the music evokes great memories of the days of old. I bought this album because I'm a Dark Angel fan, and also because I liked Hatchet's neo-thrash album "Awaiting Evil", which I enjoyed slightly better, but which also lacks the same quality you just can't build into the tunes. Merciless Death is a good band. Don't get me wrong. They do everything right for this kind of music, for their kind of special bent on it. I like it, but without that element of nostalgia for me, it became uninteresting after a few listens, simply because they haven't yet brought anything new to the table. I think they have the potential to evolve into a great band, and I hope they'll keep going. I would buy another album from them, just to see how they'd progressed. In summary, good band, fast, thrashy riffs, short songs, and good solid metal (with a killer cover). I'd highly recommend this band for a new generation of folks just discovering thrash metal.

5.0 out of 5 stars this brings back memories, January 12, 2011

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king beagley "metal maven" (warsaw, in usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Realm of Terror (Audio CD)

on this album, Merciless Death is trying to conjure the spirit of "Seasons In the Abyss" by Slayer, and mixing in a little Destruction, Sepultura, and Kreator. when you put this on, you would think it was the 1980's all over again. if you like thrash, look no further than this album. if you like Forbidden, Testament, Exodus, Destruction, Sodom, Kreator, Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, Overkill, Bonded By Blood, Gama Bomb,old Sepultura, old Metallica, Revocation, and Negligence, get this album. in the time it took me to write this review, 5 songs went by. I wonder if there are more Heavy Artillery records on here, because this is awesome.