Band: Sabertooth
Release :Â Â Metal Animals EP
Year: 2017
Location: FinlandÂ
Genre:  Speed / Heavy  Metal
Label :Â UnsignedÂ
Reviewer : Med Manef Slama
Line Up
Max Viper – Vocals, Bass
Jason Cheetah – Guitars
TNT – DrumsÂ
Jason Cheetah – Guitars
TNT – DrumsÂ
Tracklist
1. Steel Falcon
2. Fullmoon Avenger
3. Leather Fist
4. Iron Rhino
5. Sabretooth Strike
2. Fullmoon Avenger
3. Leather Fist
4. Iron Rhino
5. Sabretooth Strike
This Speed Heavy Metal EP is pure and simple. Building on the Finish template set in the 90’s the songs follow the traditional route of Heavy Metal shredding and blastbeat drumming. The songs hit like a hurricane and are topped off with screeching tortured vocals. It’s all very chaotic and feels like the train could derail any moment but the band never abandon their sense of melody. On repeated listens it reveals some genuine melancholy and haunting melodies run throughout the EP. “Steel Falcon”is a fine example and “Iron Rhino ” with this brilliant Speedy section that actually brings to mind Acid ! The EP has a scratchy, rough old school piece  feel to it also, which adds to the atmosphere of the EP. With only 5 tracks but totaling 16 minutes in length there is more to be desired but the content is solid and shows a band with plenty of promise. This is a fantastic debut, it gets better with every listen. You very well may hear more brutal, abrasive, dirty, darker Speed Heavy Metal release but you won’t hear one this catchy and instantly memorable.
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