MEPHISTO “Metal of Death” (CD, Bestial Burst Records 2005)
Mephisto (despite a quite conventional moniker) are something of a rarity in the italian underground metal scene. After twelve tracks and almost 37 minutes of pure old school – back to the roots- thrashing death metal, you arrive to the conclusion that this «Metal of Death» (what a title) don’t absolutely bring in anything new or at least a little bit original to the nowadays scene. On the other side, even if «Metal of Death» isn’t the most innovative full-length you’ll ever encounter, there’s no denying the ferocious and enjoyable power of songs as «Zombie Terror», «Motordeath» (not that far of the Lemmy’s classic) or «Iron Cross». With obvious influences as mid eighties cult acts as Celtic Frost / Hellhammer, Motorhead, Venom, Messiah or Kreator and Sodom, «Metal of Death» is a good piece of old-school thrash death music but the whole product lacks of the outstanding features to elevate it a little bit further.
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