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LOMOR “Sabouk Rouge”
LOMOR “Sabouk Rouge”
By Dr. Abner Mality
I’ve been doing the metal review gig for almost 30 years now and there’s very little out there I haven’t heard before. Well, here’s a first for sure…this is the first band I’ve reviewed from Reunion Island! Time for a little geography lesson…Reunion Island is a tropical paradise located in the Indian Ocean a few hundred miles off the coast of Madagascar. It is a French territory and considered part of Africa. If there’s ever been a metal band from here before, I’m not aware of it.
LOMOR are three Creole maniacs from this beautiful locale and man, do they know how to thrash! This album is an almost perfect mixture of SLAYER and KREATOR and to be honest, the riffs and energy level here are superior to the last offerings from those bands. Production is not a problem at all and everything is sharp and clear here. The title track kicks the album off and the SLAYER resemblance couldn’t be any clearer if it weighed a thousand pounds and hit you in the head. It’s close to plagiarism, but these dudes know how to slice and dice. Songs are a mix of French and English lyrics, delivered with a snarl by Eric Castelnau, who is 100% a dead ringer for Mille Petrozza of KREATOR. “Tantine Lo Clou” and “Meet Your Meat” follow up and thrash like a sonofabitch.
When we get to “Sanctuary”, things slow down to more of a “South Of Heaven” kind of vibe, a pace which also shows up on “La Haine”. “A Shiny Day For A Vampire” starts to show just a little of LOMOR’s own personality, which is something they will need to work on in future releases. “La Pouss” and “Nevroz” have a kind of punky feeling, with a bit of ANTHRAX in the riffs and even some cool dissonance in the latter track, which gives it a more modern feel. ‘The Ugly, The Bad and The Bastard” is a killer thrash instrumental with plutonium grade riffs and “Kit’ Ta Mere” has some of the coolest, heaviest hooks on the album. Basically, LOMOR start off as total SLAYER/KREATOR clones but gradually develop more identity as the album motors along.
This is a great angry thrash album from a place in the world where you would think anger would be in short supply. I anxiously look forward to how LOMOR evolves in the future.
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