Band: Impious
Title: Death Domination
Label: Metal Blade Records
Distribution: Rough Trade Benelux
Release date: 20/12/2009
Review: CD

The Swedish band Impious, consisting of Martin Åkesson (v), Erik Peterson (b), Valle Adzic (g), Mikael Norén (d) and Robin Sörqvist (g), recorded this new full length at Deadline Studio. And it stands for ‘typical’ Impious-stuff: very fast, battering and energetic Death / Thrash Metal with a Swedish sound and completely lacking of originality. However, the lack of being renewing does not matter in this band’s case, because the quality of the tracks is more than acceptable.
The band considers this new epos as their own Reign In Blood. Something to discuss, of course, but comprehensible in a non-modest way.
Ugh! You like old material, then you like this album, you happy, me happy, everybody happy. Deadly joy!!!

PS: yet I have to admit the band overpowers itself this time (again) during a few moments – listen for example to the killer-track And The Empire Shall Fall! (with some additional keyboards)

Duration: about thirty six minutes.

82/100

Ivan Tibos.