Skeletonwitch - Worship the Witch

From the Pushead-like artwork to the dueling guitars and gutter vox, Cleveland’s Skeletonwitch eagerly embraces Metal’s past and comes forth with an intriguing mixture of speed and thrash metal, all melodic riffs and off-to-the-races percussion. “Beyond the Permafrost” transliterates Anthrax’s “Caught in a Mosh” for the mini-mart loiterers seeking transcendence with inhalants and malt liquor. “Feast Upon the Flesh” ably rumbles ahead, relentlessly linear and fleet-of-foot, displaying some excellent guitar work and hair-raising interplay amongst all members. This EP serves as ample proof that those raised on Sodom and early Metallica can attain authenticity if they play from their core. Recommended.

[Stewart Voegtlin]

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