Violentor - Violentor
You know, I often wonder who writes press releases and promo literature for Metal bands. I read the press release for this album and the amount of shit information in it could have qualified it as Godzilla’s used toilet paper. “Violentor combines the speed and rawness of Motorhead with the dark and poisoning sound of Venom”? That’s a funny way of saying that Violentor sounds like Kill ‘em All era Metallica. When I hear “inspired by Motorhead and Venom,” I expect something bass-heavy and brutal. Both of those bands have very distinctive sounds, and to compare Violentor to them is deceptive. Having an audible bass guitar doesn’t turn you into Venom. This is not to say that Violentor sucks. They don’t. They just have someone clueless writing their press releases. This album actually blows by pretty quickly. Violentor starts off blazing fast and doesn’t really let up until the last song is over. The downside to this is that a lot of their songs sound the same. Half the time, I couldn’t tell where one song ended and the next one began. The fact that you couldn’t hear the guitars very well didn’t help. They have a loud bassist and a loud vocalist, but the guitarists are buried underneath somewhere. Maybe it’s to hide the fact that all of the audible riffs sound like they were rearranged parts from old Metallica songs. I spent a lot of time thinking, “Hey, that sounds like…” and the next thing you know, I’ve rattled off all of the song titles from Kill ‘em All and even a couple tracks from Megadeth’s Killing Is My Business… album. Violentor has some good influences, but they just need time to develop their own style and sound. Their hearts are in the right place, but they just don’t have the chops yet.
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