Some modern Thrash Metal bands invariably force us to compare them to the other similar fast paced Thrash bands. While it's debatable what's the line between inspiration and a rip off, NECROSIS from Chile blasts some decent generic Thrash Metal. Formed in 1985 with a hiatus in the middle for around 7 years, the band is back this year with their 3^rd album
"Enslaved To The Machine" and frankly it's not all that encouraging.

The album starts off with a 58 sec intro "The Electric Prayer" which has a few drone kind of sounds and a few weird chanting. "Killing Engine" kicks in the real metal blasting in some fast paced Thrash Metal. There are some really good riffs in some phases in all the songs, but soon the song sounds very generic and monotonous. The vocals are more like animated screaming, sadly offering nothing new. "Doomsday Menace" is one of the better song of the album as it blasts some really good headbanging friendly riffs and the band interestingly has kept this minus vocals, as an instrumental.

The vocals by Gustavo Robles remind me of Phil Anselmo due to the screaming style of vocals. If you are familiar with this band called ARTILLERY, you will pretty much hear more or less similar style of Thrash here with few variations and variety, and frankly it sounds too similar for me to call it an inspiration. Take for example "Omega Man", the opening solo riff just reminded me of "Khomaniac" by ARTILLERY. Don't get me wrong, the music isn't really bad, but it's just very generic for a seasoned Thrash Metal fan and sadly doesn't bring enough variety and originality to the table. It was a pleasant surprise to find that the band finishes of the album with a mid tempo song in "Invasion" with some new innovative riffs, but then again, just not catchy and impressive enough. But as a whole, in the album, the bass and drums just don't do enough to salvage the situation either.

While the production is polished and really works well, and the lyrics deal with apocalypse and politics. As a whole this is sadly an average album and didn't excite me even after listening to it multiple times, and I am lost for words as I find that this is NECROSIS's 3^rd full length release. I just hope they find more variety in their song writing before doing their next record.