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 Review
by Chris Skoyles
Back in 2007 when modern-day thrash messiahs, SSS, released their
eponymous debut LP, we noted that the band sounded “like the sound of
an army of punks heading to war against a metal militia where the
casualties are numerous and the noises terrifying, like Kerry King and
the late Cliff Burton knocking each other senseless, like the sound of
hell and earth colliding”
Fast-forward 12 months and the Liverpool quartet deliver pretty much of
the same with latest effort, The Dividing Line.
Not that familiarity necessarily breeds contempt; far from it.
Pushing the extremes of modern metal music even further tan last time,
Short Sharp Shock deliver a sonic kick to the face. A fast, unrelenting
tsunami of shattering riffs, gut-busting bass and vitriolic vocals, all
pummelled to submission by sharp, boisterous drumming, The Dividing Line
is an adrenalin packed powerhouse of thrash that swallows lightening and
spits out thunder.
Opening up with the majestic introduction of the title track, The
Dividing Line wastes no time in beating the snot out of everything it
comes across, arming itself with war-mongering weapons in the likes of
this writer’s personal highlight, Toxic Bee, or the breakneck
battering of Can’t Burst the Bubble and showing absolutely no
mercy.
All the while, SSS embody the spirit of punk, wearing it firmly on the
sleeves of arms which throttle classic thrash metal and drag it straight
into the new millennium.
Harder, faster, more brutal than anything we’ve heard in a good while,
Short Sharp Shock are back, and they’re taking no prisoners.
In a nutshell: More, modern-day thrash madness from
Liverpool’s finest.
You might like this if you enjoy: Evile, Municipal Waste, Slayer.
• Short Sharp Shock release ‘The Dividing Line’ on October 20th
through Earache Records.
Recommended link:
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www.myspace.com/shortsharpshockuk
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