DET / CRITICAL DEFIANCE
Bloodsurge MLP BLACK

Set to coincide with a joint tour this autumn, Bloodsurge pairs together two fierce & fiery forces from both the north and south: Finland’s DET and Chile’s CRITICAL DEFIANCE. DET are up first with three brand-new tracks that further prove why the power-trio are a “Destructive Elite Terror.” Taking shape during the spring of this year, DET’s vision here was to continue down the same vicious, chaotic path that their DYING VICTIMS debut album had laid out, “but we wanted to tighten the screws even further.” And that tightening is indeed deliciously painful! Rounding out their offering is a suitably rowdy & evil live version of early demo banger “Death Knight,” recorded at the Catalonia Extreme Gathering festival in Spain earlier this year.

CRITICAL DEFIANCE also offer three brand-new tracks plus an acoustic instrumental. As always, the Chilean thrashers go right for the throat, wasting no time with their razor-sharp & ripping attack. “These creations were not originally conceived to coexist,” state the band, “yet this split provided the exact space they needed to acquire a shared identity – technical execution, acoustic contrast, the exploration of darker and more extreme territories, and the overwhelming drive of thrash metal in its most violent form.” Of especial note is that instrumental, “Will of Steel,” which poignantly honors thrash’s oft-overlooked tradition of quieter contrast within an album context. Feel this Bloodsurge both on record and onstage!