Hailing from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ACROLYSIS brings forth their second full-length album entitled ''Intoxicator''. The Unsigned/Independent band was formed back in 2016 and have a bright future in front of them, they won't be unsigned for long that's for sure. The cool thing about newer bands is that the 90's influences didn't have to all sound the same, as the metal influences brewed over the past 80's decade offered a wide selection to pick from and bands then were generally looking to develop their own sound rather than conform. That bred a host of pretty unique sounding crossover albums, and ''Intoxicator'' here is one of them. Sure this opus is thrashy, loud, distortion feedback laden rock n roll music with an emphasis on groove; but with notable characteristics there that help set this apart from the stereotype.

I imagine part of what brings such quality is the vocal talents of Konstantine Ano. His voice strikes a nice middle-ground between the low croon of Pepper Keenan from CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and and the more intense style of James Hetfield (circa ''Load'' and ''Reload'') , melding thrash and alt-metal together; in this mix is a heavy dose of almost sorrowful wailing, a longing undertone that helps to add dimension to the aggression.

Being 10 tracks and over 50min long is definitely a bit on the overkill side for this sort of music which, despite its efforts to keep things interesting still is generally about one thing. The band had obviously found a groove and came up with a prolific amount of material and crammed it all into one album, but there's surely too much of it for its own good and as the listener it's difficult to keep the same enthusiasm after about the halfway mark. The tracks are still good after that point, but simply, it's too long and the momentum starts to stutter. It's perhaps a shame the band didn't opt to give the album a trim, fully focusing their efforts on fewer tracks rendering the album as a whole more digestible and punchy.