Relentless Retribution

Death Angel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
• ASIN: B003VURG30
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2010 album from the Bay Area thrashers. Not every band can live up to a legacy but every once in a while a group exceeds expectations by pushing boundaries in a genre they've helped create. Death Angel are one such band and with Relentless Retribution, they have cemented their Thrash n' Roll style with expert precision. Among the youngest bands ever to storm the Metal genre, Death Angel have come to be known as one of the most influential bands to emerge from the thriving Bay Area Thrash Metal Scene in the early 1980s due to their inventive style, and speedy, complex arrangements. Relentless Retribution is a testament to their tenacity and seemingly endless wealth of riffs and hooks that their fans have come to know and expect.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb! September 14, 2010

By W. freeman

Format:Audio CD

I first heard of Death Angel back in about 1991 or so when a friend gave me the album ACT III, because he said he really didn't like it. Well when i heard the album i thought wow these guys are just as good as Anthrax(who they sounded like back then) or even any of the other thrash metal bands out there. Well after that they had like a 15 year hiatus, in which they returned with The Art Of Dying which was less then stellar. After wards the album Killing Time saw the band take a more aggressive route with a lower tuned guitar sound and vocalist Mark Osegueda's vocals are more on the aggressive side even though it sounds great. Mark actually sounds better now than in there younger days, and actually the whole band just sounds better. Going through member changes has really put the band at a pinnacle in there career, and the new album Relentless Retribution is faster, more progressive, better musicianship and just has an overall feeling that the band are here to stay, which is what old Thrash needs.

At first listen some may be surprised that the band have so much energy, some may even say they sound to modern which has been the case in some reviews. Well there is nothing wrong with some new and old. The first track Relentless Revolution kicks off with a groove laden riff and drum line that has you pounding your head away knowing your in store for some catchy tunes, which this track definitely has, with some old fashion old school thrash YELLS. Claws in So Deep is a great song that will remind a lot of people of Trivium(oddly enough the producer of this album did Triviums as well). I consider Death Angel a 10 times better band than the for mentioned anyway, but the chorus will definitely make you think of them. Also great guitar riffs, and a good ole acoustic outro finish out this well rounded track. Truce is another great track with a very polyrythmic overtone and also some great galloping type riffs and drums, sure to please every fan of old school Thrashing, again with another great chorus.

Other great notable tracks include, River of Rapture, Absence Of Light, and This Hate. All which pack a punch leaving you with a good taste for more, and even though Absence of Light is a slower heavy track its none the less impressive, along with the rest of the album. But i'll let you listen for yourself and come up with your own conclusions. Lets just say even Ultra-Violence, and Frolic through The Park don't come close to the great production, aggression, and new melodic approach Death Angel have taken with new members on board. No disrespect to those albums or ACT III which are classic in there own way, but the new niche they have found is the best yet, and lets hope it stays that way. This is definitely in the top if not the best Thrash Album this year, along with my other favorites. Nevermore-The Obsidian Conspiracy, Soulfly-Omen, and Exodus-Exhibit B. Here is the current line-up that has helped make this new album so killer.:)

* Mark Osegueda - vocals
* Rob Cavestany - guitars, backing vocals
* Ted Aguilar - guitars
* Damien Sissom - bass
* Will Carroll - drums
Update-DUHH Sorry folks, thanks to the other reviewer i remembered OVERKILL-IRONBOUND on my list of best this year. How could i forget the BOYS. Thanks dude.lol

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thrash metal perfection from one of metal's great bands September 14, 2010

By Scott Hedegard

Format:Audio CD

It didn't hurt that Kirk Hammett endorsed Death Angel early on, especially when they were an all Filipino band of very young but immensely talented thrashers, easily on a par with their contemporaries, and better than most, especially Megadeth and Anthrax. While they've never quite broke into the top tier of thrash acts, through no fault of their own, but the fans, who haven't given this phenomenal band its due by purchasing their music in numbers that would force more people to pay attention.
Thrash metal can be inspiring, or turgid and dull (see Anthrax, who've really only released two good albums, "Sound of White Noise" and "Among The Living"). Death Angel are masters of thrash, with Mark Osequeda's puma roar and the riffs from Rob Cavestany providing music of uncompromising intelligence, musical mastery and the ability to keep your head banging without drowning the tunes out in overplayed progressive fashion.
"Relentless Retribution" will be one of this year's highlight releases, alongside Overkill's awesome "Ironbound". Every track is absolute killer, and even sports a very impressive flamenco piece at the end of "Claws In So Deep". This, kiddies, is how thrash should be done, and it's a damn shame Death Angel, Exodus and Overkill aren't headliners the world over. They have just as much claim to originating this form of metal as those "other" big name outfits, and it's up to headbangers to see they get their due. Get anything by Death Angel or Overkill - theirs is such a quality that no album will disappoint.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid return for classic thrashers August 7, 2011

By Larry S

Format:Audio CD

I was impressed with this latest effort from D.A. These metal veterans (25+ yrs) have presented a collection of songs which is both modern and still carries the sound from their past (Act III). Not quite as good as genre cohorts Megadeth's "United Abominations", Its not too far behind either, but , in my opinion, better than later works by thrash vets Slayer aand Metallica, who I feel has struggled to update their sound AND maintain its identity (see St Anger, :( ) I think fans of modern melodic metal, such as Bullet for my Valentine, Children of Bodem, and even Lamb of God will appreciate this tight, fast, hard hitting set.