Redshark is already back with a new album!
Three years after their last release, Philip Graves (guitar, Emissary, Inverted Cross), Javier Bono (guitar), Chris Carrest (bass, Inverted Cross), Pau Correas (vocals, Crimson Storm, Wicked Leather), and Alan Garcia (drums, Høbo) unveil Sudden Impact with the help of Listenable Records.
Yami Martins (Wicked Leather), Michel Regueiro (Emissary, Wicked Leather), Eric Moya (Deldrac), Guille Hungover (Inverted Cross), Oliver Cabrera and Lögan Heads (Alkoholizer, Crimson Storm, Löanshark) contributed to the backing vocals.
The album gets straight to the point with Sudden Impact, which takes only a few seconds to impose its furious rhythm, welcoming the high-pitched and equally vindictive vocals. The leads are as sharp as can be, and the bass/guitar alternation is surprising yet interesting, while A Place for Disgrace sticks to more classic tones with its solid heavy roots. The band still allows itself a few well-placed melodies between bursts of vocals, maintaining the headbanging Old School approach, then Fire Raider gives us a softer intro before returning to a fairly catchy base. There is a noticeable touch of hard rock that permeates and colors the regular riffs, then Your Last Breath once again speeds up the mix, which benefits from furious double bass drumming at times to perfectly accompany the ambient and infectious rage. Hypnotized takes over with soaring harmonics, but the vocalist quickly returns to disturb the atmosphere, aided by equally motivating backing vocals, then it’s time for the solid groove of Rip Your Bones to express itself, notably bringing the bass to the forefront of the mix and giving the guitars more freedom. The band follows up with Whispers of Time, which is slightly calmer in tempo but still has some epic and intoxicating passages before giving way to Beware of the Shark, where a rather anxiety-inducing intro awaits us, followed by the return of hostilities at a good pace. The Heavy/Speed roots are perfectly exploited in this composition, which has a distinct 80s feel to it, and then it’s with elaborate melodies that The Chase takes us on its journey, offering us a slightly softer approach by playing on its Power Metal roots, but quickly returning to violence for Fight the Rules of Power, the last track, which immediately accelerates and once again features ferocious choirs to accompany the vocalist as he screams and leads the charge one last time.
If you miss furious Heavy Metal fueled by 80s’ Speed roots, Redshark is one of the best choices you can make! Sudden Impact hits hard and fast with compositions forged in the old school, the ones that make the best riffs!
80/100
