...And So It Begins
Invasion
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July 8, 2013
From the glorious, mighty, prolific and almost sacred fields of Sweden, the old school Thrash Metal ban, INVASION is coming, armed with their sole first release "...And So It Begins" and ready to ravage the lands and excited to walk the war path with a good helping logistic hand provided by their allies under partnership via Pure Steel Records.
INVASION was forged in 2006, from an ancient stylistic steel very similar to early SLAYER / DARK ANGEL, and for their debut-album "And So It Begins", they bring to us a quite short (41:43 minutes) but intense collection of sharp riffage constructed tracks, a bunch of songs with some slight Angelripper's Teutonic vocals hints. Wrapped in a superb artwork packaging.
Unhappily for INVASION, we are in 2013, and the New Wave of Thrash Metal movement is beyond the saturation threshold, while the revival genre is overcrowded by tons of superior musicians and so much much better acts... And their simplistic songwriting is quickly boring, the vocals are too monotonous and even the tryouts and attempts to uplift their music with some additional blast beat passages and some ingredients borrowed from Death-Metal are in vain and unproductive. The Scandinavian trio may will find some supporters here and there, but with the new fantastic albums by DARKANE or F.K.U. as main contenders, I'm afraid that there is simply no competition... Only the strong will survives.
5 / 10
Mediocre
"...And So It Begins" Track-listing:
1. Intro
2. ...And So It Begins
3. Prophecy
4. In The Trace Of The Warhead
5. Dystopia Arise
6. Incoming
7. 50 Megatons Later
8. After The Disaster
9. Unholy Grounds
10. Invasion
11. A World Gone Dead
12. Day After Doomsday
13. Let The 1st Bomb Fall
Invasion Lineup:
Andreas Tömte - Lead Vocals / Bass
Kalle "Charles" Sundin - Lead Guitar
Martin "Metal" Svensson - Drums
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