Album Review: BLACK FAST – Terms of Surrender - by: Reggae

BLACK FAST – Terms of Surrender

Release date: August 7th, 2015

Label: Entertainment One

Genre: Progressive Black/Thrash Metal

Year: 2015

Country: USA

Reviewed by: Reggae

Track listing:

00:00 The Keep

04:18 To Propagate the Void

09:31 The Coming Swarm

16:16 Tongues of Silver

20:49 I Conspire

26:40 Haunted Vigil

31:44 The Fall

36:26 Vacuous Idol

40:27 Until Dust

Been a while since I’ve reviewed any heavy metal but this was a great one to get back into it with!

      Who are these guys and where are they from? Black Fast are straight down the line thrash metal in the vein of the almighty Germans Destruction and guitar riffs which sound like a cross between Destruction and Helloween. Vocals have great attack throughout the whole listening experience, sitting somewhere between destruction and Kreator. The guitar chops are simply amazing. Put simply this brings back everything about what thrash metal should be about, the guys play with skill, precision and the passion it would take to recreate the sounds of such revered influences while still pushing the boundaries of what thrash metal should be, sounding modern and fresh the whole time…. I do detect some modern black metal influences in there too but it does not take away from the thrash goodness

      There is no point analyzing individual songs as they are all great and the release is extremely coherent and never loses intensity from the first note to the last toll of the bell

Another thing I want to know is where the hell did these guys record this? I have no idea but it sounds ready to beat down in the big leagues of heavy metal. This is NO shitty pro tools recording, whoever layed this one down to tape (or hard drive as it is now days) is a fucking legend, capturing every nuance in the vocals and the guitar attack. These guys are ready to take on the big boys and they are armed with the material (artillery) necessary to do so

     OVERALL: EVERYTHING IS PERFECT … I cannot think of anything that would make this any better. I'll go put on some tight jeans and bullet belt... Thrash or Die