IZEGRIM - The Ferryman's End

May 28, 2016, 7 years ago

(Listenable)

Greg Pratt

Rating: 6.0

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IZEGRIM - The Ferryman's End

Ferrymen! Nothing is more metal than that gig, and here Izegrim dish out some kind of concept album based around something or rather, but all I can imagine is the guy taking my money as I drive on to the ferry, which is here monopolized by a private company who do whatever they want with reckless abandon. But, alas, this is not a thrash album about my ferry woes, I think, it's the fifth full-length from this Netherlands-based thrash band, who would fit in pretty well during the heyday of Carnal Forge and bands of that ilk, right down to the personality-lacking production and songwriting. 

It's hard to say, as this album is solid and does lay down some moderately enjoyable thrashing, but there's a lack of memorable tunes, and there's certainly not a sense of identity emerging from these songs. I'm a bit torn, though: while this is playing, my feet are raging along with it, but I'm also thinking about how many albums I already own that sound like this. But I'm not racing to turn it off, and I'm kinda enjoying it, even though I'm keenly, and frustratingly, aware of how it's going to be filed away and forgotten about as soon as this review is filed. But it's pretty fun to listen to. On and on, back and forth, so go the woes of the ferrymen, I suppose, until the last song on the album, the title track, which suddenly dishes out the dynamics and drama that I wish this band had all along.



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