REVOLTING BREED - RISE AGAINST [2007] (album review)

Revolting Breed was formed in 2004 in Patras, Greece. They released their debut album on last February, which is self-financed. The album recorded in several places at Patras and the mixing and mastering of the album made by Andy Classen (Rotting Christ, Holy Moses, Tankard, Krisiun has worked with him also) at the famous Stage One Studios at Germany. The band consists of Andrew (vrrrrr), Alexander (grrrrr), Sotiris (brrrrr), Haris (drrrrr) and John (grrrrr).

Going to the album content it’s easily to notice that the band has plenty influences from the Swedish scene of death metal. The riffs are following what the great masters “At the Gates” (R.I.P.) taught at their last ever album, “Slaughter Of The Soul”, and what shortly after “The Haunted” did. If you hear it, it’s clear enough that the band has filtered these influences and has married them with references to thrash/hardcore groups, such as Machine Head. The tracks are quite fast with many and clever breaks which are leading to great groovy parts. The melodies are not missing from here and the album despite the 14 tracks (including the intro) and its length, doesn’t allow the listener to get bored at any moment of its running time. The sound is amazing and quite strong and the lyrics are following the spirit of the band’s name and album’s title.

In conclusion we have a qualitative and well-worked album that can stand equivalently next to releases from well-known bands. Hope to the future that band to continue releasing such great albums. RISE AND REVOLT!

P.S.: The album can’t be found in stores, but you can order it directly from the band, at: http://www.myspace.com/revoltingbreed or revoltingbreed@yahoo.gr , for 5 EURO plus the shipping cost.