Evile - Skull 9,5/10

So where should I start when it comes to a new Evile record?? I'm a hardcore fan of this band since 2007. I saw them a couple of times live and met all of 'em to one of the nicest dudes you could hang around with. I've collected everything from Enter The Grave I could find. Promo stuff, Test Pressings, Missprints and of course all the regular stuff. In my opinion Enter The Grave is still the best new Thrash record around!

So it's really not surprising that I was a bit disappointed about IN and FST. But I must say that the sound of FST blew me away. I was really excited when I heard that they will put out a new record this summer. What should I expect from the new release after IN and FST? Same producer, same studio, I think similar procedures. Honestly I really didn't expect very much if you look at killer releases by bands such as Lost Society, Dust Bolt, Eradikator, Lich King, Angelus Apatrida, Havok... (the list goes on)

But someone should teach me better again...

When I first heard Underworld from Skull I knew this album will be killer and I surely wanted to grab the ulta limited red vinyl version. The best thing I think on this record is Matt's singing. I always thought that he act to monoton but on Skull, man it's just killer! I really love the work and I think it pushs the album to another level. The sound is also amaizing and I think everybody increase if I say we don't have to talk about the individual quality of the members.
But I also have to repeat that in my opinion, it is definitely time for e new producer. I don't like these echo effects which came into the picture by producing the records with Russ. I like the raw power in Matts voice like in the beginning of "Eternal Empire" from FST. Or check out the new song "Outsider". I mean the screams, that's what I am talking about!  
So in fact of that and in fact that I really can not do very much with the cover artwork (I am sorry but I love more catchy stuff like Ed Repka, Bouzikov) Skull gets an awesome 9,5/10 from me also because of Matt's great work.
Check out the tunes below and the bands facebook page, get yourself a copy of this fenomenal album and mosh to the masters!

100 copies

This one was exclusively available through the Earache Webstore and was only limited to 100 copies worldwide!

My personal favorites are Underworld, Skull, The Naked Sun, Tomb and What You Become. Songs you definitely have to check out!!

 Evile - Skull ULTRA Limited Edition Red Vinyl LP (2013 Earache Records MOSH490LP)

Tracklist

SIDE A

01 Underworld

02 Skull

03 The Naked Sun

04 Head Of The Demon

SIDE B

05 Tomb

06 Words Of The Dead

07 Outsider

08 What You Become

09 New Truths Old Lies