Ebony Tears - Evil as Hell
It’s amazing just how superficial I catch myself being sometimes. Take for instance my first encounter with Ebony Tears. About ten seconds into the first track I am already passing this off as uninteresting Nu-Thrash in the dreaded Haunted/Dorkane vein. And perhaps I could be partially correct in the strictest exterior sense, but all of a sudden I’m stricken by the downtrodden melody of the opener’s chorus. As the gritty Petrovesque vocalist proclaims, “…when you reach the lowest point you see the world through different eyes,” somehow I become hooked and stay hooked all the way to the monstrously heavy breakneck pit riffs of “Demon Ride,” intact with it’s own catchy melodic chorus. Sure, maybe unwavering snare punishment is the band’s favorite tactic, and perhaps the production is a little too slick for it’s own good, but I’ll be damned if there isn’t a Death/Thrash masterpiece subtly interwoven throughout. I wonder what else I’m missing out on.
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