War Without End [Import]

Warbringer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00129XQ3Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,192,285 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing thrash band ......., February 8, 2008

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Sean T. Haidul - See all my reviews
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This review is from: War Without End (Audio CD)

not much else to say about this album besides it is a must and i mean must own for thrash fans . it pulls influence from every great thrash band of the past to just make their own killer sound ......... to me, its like Artillery meets Destruction with just a slight dash of Slayer ..... but so much more. great breaks, great solos, ripping drums and bass and intense vocals. i cant say enough about these guys , and i hear they are like 18 years old .... absolutly insane. there is some great things goin on in the Cali thrash scene, check out merciless death, fueled by fire,avenged in blood, dekapitator ..... u aint metal if u dont dig this.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WARBRINGER = Killer Thrash Band, February 12, 2008

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Earthdog "Psychodelic Metal Warlord" (Thousand Oaks ,CA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War Without End (Audio CD)

I have to say these guys are quite impressive to say the least. I am an old school metal head who owns hundreds of thrash metal Cd's mostly from the golden era who happens to live in WARBRINGER's home town. I actually met a couple of these guys a while ago as they stopped me one night and stated talking metal due to a concert T shirt I had on at the time. They are quite young and were at that time still in high school. I though it was cool that they were up on the old stuff but to tell you the truth was a little skeptical about their band they told me about. That was until I got hold their EP "One By One The Wicked Fall". I was in total shock at how good it was ( and is ) when I first slapped it into my CD player!!

And now with the release of their first full length CD I am even more astounded by the immensely killer sonic destruction that lays waste to my
friggin' brain ears & house every time I crank this gem up on my system.

If I was ever in doubt that a group of kids ( hey I'm old alright ) just out of high school and missing the heyday of thrash by 20 years could thrash with the best of them ( I mean that!!! ) than let it be said that I no longer doubt!!! These guys own your soul. If you dig killer aggressive thrash metal played with style and a aircraft carrier load of musical talent then buy this CD now !!!!
It's worth twice this price or more !!!!

Thrash 'Til Death baby cause this CD might kill ya !! :p

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thrash Metal: Take 2, September 6, 2009

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Thomas Anderson "Metal Head" (Harrisburg, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: War Without End (Audio CD)

Well, as you may know Thrash Metal kind of died as a thriving genre back in, oh say 1990 or so... Well, apparently over the past few years, I'd say starting around 2000/2001, it began a revival, with old school '80s bands either reuniting or going back to their roots (refering to Germany's Destruction and Kreator). So it was probably no surprise that about around that time, other bands started to form that played the classic '80s sounding thrash. And of course, it takes a handful of years before a burgeoning band is able to get their first major album recorded and distributed worldwide. Warbringer is one of these bands. Forming in 2004, and getting their debut album released in 2008. It's clear from their sound and vocal style that they get a lot of their influence from the German Thrash bands, namely Kreator, Sodom, and Destruction. They even credit Mille Petrozzi in their liner notes.

That said, how is their debut album? Pretty good, both musically and production wise. Vocals are great, like i said they are very similar to Mille's. The one thing that I wished they would do more often, is to change up their tempos of bit. They need some melodic sections in the middle of their songs to break up the straight up thrash riffs. They do to some extent, but they're not nearly long or varied enough. As the songs themselves are generally in the 3-4 minute range. To really get variety in one's songs, they need to be in the 4-6 minute range. Kreator's songs are in this range and they do have that melodic part. Exodus, or who I like to call the epic thrashers, write songs that often go into the 7-8 minute ranges. Almost progessive metal territory.

But anyway, Warbringer is a great new school thrash revival band. Probably one of the better ones out of all those out there, as I sampled and compared each one before I picked which one to give a try. I give this album 4 stars for a valient effort, but minus one for lack of the melodic interludes which would really improve their music. I haven't listened to their follow-up album yet, so I don't know how the two compare.

So in closing, if you're in the mood for some old school thrash with new production and sound, along with the talent to deliver, try Warbringer.

Oh, just one more thing, the one thing that I find that can make or break a band is their vocalist. If the music is great, but vocalists either sucks or doesn't compliment the music very well, then I don't usually buy their music. Warbringer's vocals fit perfectly with the music, as it draws heavy influence from Kreator's Mille.