PIRANHA (Death/Thrash Metal – Greece) – Album Review of “Arise From The Shadows” (Released in 2020 via 7Hard Records) for KICKASS FOREVER via Angels PR Worldwide Music PR #Piranha
Review written & submitted by Marian Nicolaou via Angels PR Worldwide Music Promotion. THANK YOU!!!
Piranha – “Arise from the Shadows”
One the oldest bands of the Greek metal scene made its return two years ago, with the release of its newest album. Piranha, who were formed in 1987, they released in 2020 a full-length work, entitled “Arise from the Shadows”.
The news might be a bit stale since we have 2022, but Piranha’s work, being the undergrounded release that it was, it’s likely to have gone unnoticed and unappreciated. And that’s the reason why I am taking the time to write a review for an album two years old. It’s never too late to discover underground music that feeds with great material our favorite genre.
Piranha carry within their music an essence of the original extreme metal sound, since they were formed back when it was first developing. They achieve to take that raw, unprocessed sound and reshape it to fit the needs of the current scene. The result is an album with classic aesthetic but with fresh sound and ideas. The classic recipe with a slight twist results in an extreme metal album that has everything and is solid, powerful and entertaining.
In the “Arise from the Shadows” the Piranha cover a wide range from the traditional thrash/speed, to deathened thrash to melodic-death, but always through smooth transitions. The melodic ideas are introduced carefully into the record and the album slowly moves from a fast, aggressive, deathened speed/ thrash sound to a focused melodic-death one, with epic riffs and melodic lead guitar work. The vocals lean towards the black metal, yet their harsh style fits perfectly into the compositions. Also, the rhythmic section deserves praises, since the drum work manages to balance between aggression and musicality, while the bass lines hold the low-end and add that distinctive death metal groove to the compositions.
I can’t recommend enough the “Arise from the Shadows”. It is a hidden underground gem of the extreme metal scene that deserves to be discovered. So, if you are in search of a great death metal record, give the Piranha’s latest work a chance and you will not regret it.
Band Links:
www.facebook.com/piranhagreekmetalband/
https://www.instagram.com/piranhagreece/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jaODzEK7XNFjMwL–TogEg
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