Album Review

Angelus Apatrida - ClockworkAngelus Apatrida – Clockwork

Angelus Apatrida is a Spanish band that recently got themselves a deal with Century Media Records and released their 3rd album but debut for Century Media “Clockwork”. The style of this album is thrash metal but with a difference; they started out as a heavy metal/power metal band and you can hear that they have carried elements of this forward into their new found thrash metal style making it stand out, as well as some more modern day rock and metal styles.

They take all of the modern day tricks and styles and add them to old school metal styles bringing them forward into the modern age and it’s a god damn good idea! It’s infectious and catchy which is something I was not expecting when I saw the genre as thrash metal; I was expecting a Spanish version of a Slayer rip off but I’m extremely glad I was wrong.

Some of the tracks like “The Misanthropist”, “Devil Take The Hindmost” and “Legally Brainwashed” have some huge metal influences; screaming vocals and some of the musical sections are just purely took from a deep modern day metal influence with palm muting and triplets. Whereas “Blast off”, “Of Men and Tyrants” and “Clockwork” take on the majority of the thrash and heavy metal influences in their style mostly with the vocals and the pace of the music.

Then another few tracks take on the power meal influence; “Into the Storm”, “National Disgrace” (Which the vocals are similar to Dave Mustaine) and “Be Quick or Be Dead” (their Iron Maiden cover) and in this case its mostly the guitar work that gives it the power metal feel. It’s always only slight changes in 1 or 2 sections that drift them between different genres, Angelus Apatrida specialise in this making their material very varied yet recognisable.

Quite frankly there is something in here for everyone, they have taken some old genres and gave them a new life in their material which could bring it back into it back into style for the youth of today. I would recommend this to anyone who likes thrash, heavy metal, power metal or just metal as a genre on a whole. exceptional stuff here from the Spaniards hope they play it good live and decide to get over here soon.

5/5

Review by James Webb

 Band Members

Guillermo Izquierdo
David G. Alvarez
Jose Izquierdo
 Track Listing
1. The Manhattan Project
2. Blast Off
3. Of Men And Tyrants
4. Clockwork
5. Devil Take The Hindmost
6. The Misanthropist
7. Legally Brainwashed
8. Get Out Of My Way
9. My Insanity
10. One Side War
11. Into The Storm
12. National Disgrace
13. Be Quick or Be Dead (Iron Maiden Cover)
 Band Related Links
Angelusa Patrida Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?