When I saw the album art for Barbarian’s “To No God Shall I Kneel”, my first thought was “did I miss something?” I’ve been listening to metal of all sorts for most of my life, but I had never checked these guys out. Why not? At a glimpse, “To No God…” looks like something straight out of the ’80s or early ’90s, and the sound harkens back to that same golden period of devastating metal excellence that we all know and love. Imagine my shock when I discovered it was released just this year! This has everything a black thrash fan could want. Savage riffs, epic song titles and lyrics, and old-school aesthetics. This gem is what you play when it’s time to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.
Many newer bands have tried to imitate classic albums from days of yore, and their paltry attempts fail miserably to capture the old-school zeitgeist, but Italy’s Barbarian have succeeded admirably. Truly, as the fifth track of this album states, “the beast is unleashed”.
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