Arx "The Speed of Darj"

Country: South Africa
Genre(s): Progressive Thrash Death Metal
Format: digital
Release date: October 26, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Megalomaniacs 04:36
2. Hate Love 04:50
3. Pulse 03:45
4. Fire Inside 05:07
5. The Speed of Dark 05:41
6. The Void 05:15
7. The Speed of Light 04:29
8. Mists of Transformation 05:49
9. What Could've Been 06:54
10. Animals in Human Skins 04:46
11. In Pieces 04:29
12. Into the Red 05:28

Line-up: 
Yuri Zager - Bass, Vocals
Joseph Scheel - Guitar
Christopher Blake - Guitar

Description/Reviews: 

The band may label their sound as thrash metal, but that is only partially right. While the music offers thrashing riffs and pummeling grooves, there is a lot going on; from rich melodies to hook-laden choruses to epic chord progressions. One might inclined to describe this as melodic thrash, but Arx throws just enough crushing heaviness throughout The Speed of Dark to defy the tag. At over an hour long, the band juggles enough variation to keep things interesting, from the spacey, psyscheldic soloing on “What Could’ve Been” to the epic pacing of the title track; it should suffice to say that it’s not all windmilling, headbanging thrash metal. Chugging thrash riffs collide with moody atmospheric passages and drop into melodic licks; constantly changing gears and keeping the listener on their toes.

 Read the full review by Shawn Miller at metal-observer.com

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