BLACKRAT (Canada) - Hail To Hades (used CD copy) (2016) Released by Vulkan Records in a standard jewel case w/black tray - limited to only 300 copies!
One of the underground's best-kept secrets, BLACKRAT have been skillfully skirting the often-fine lines among Metalpunk, Thrash, Crust, and Traditional Speed Metal. Formed in 2012, this Canadian power-trio to date have delivered two cult full-lengths, 2013's rough 'n' rowdy Whiskey and Blasphemy and 2016's far-more-epic Hail To Hades, laying on the line exactly what BLACKRAT's all about.
More Metal, more Punk, darker, catchier, wilder and more finessed, just more of MORE: Hail To Hades is the sound of BLACKRAT firing on all cylinders. Wrapped in a rough-yet-clear production that allows the dirt to bleed and the chrome to glisten simultaneously, Hail To Hades positively explodes with a timelessness that's impossible to deny, it's all done effortlessly and without any trace of self-consciousness.
Simply, this is who BLACKRAT are and what they do, and they're doing it better than ever - and better than just about anyone around. Plus, there's faint traces of Deathrock that surface across the album, underlining further that the band are in a league of their own. -- Vulkan Records – VULKCD002
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