Project Pain "Faster Disaster"

    Project Pain deals out a maniacal thrash metal onslaught with the release of their fourth full-length album, “Faster Disaster.” Hailing from the Netherlands, these metal musicians really capture the true unapologetic nature of 80’s thrash metal. 

    I have reviewed every single full-length album from Project Pain to date, so for me this fourth album was definitely something I wanted to listen to right away. Ever since their first album, "I Have Sinned," the band’s passion for thrash metal and extreme music has always stood out. Over the years the band continues to improve and refine their skills with each new release, and “Faster Disaster” is without question another step forwarded into a more aggressive and fearsome sounding direction. 

    The album starts out with an utterly intense shockwave of distorted destruction and aggressively pulls you into the band’s chaotic sounding world of extreme sounding punishment. On the first song, “Val Kapot,” the band unleashes a barbaric beatdown by hammering out some savage riffs which reminded me a lot of old school thrash bands like Exodus, Testament, Heathen and Vio-lence. The second track,”Mean Metal Machine,” is also very intense, but takes on more of a classic speed metal sound at times by coming up with some very catchy riffs. I think the start of this album is extremely impressive and hooks you right away. Tracks like, “Army From Hell” and “Submerged,” are pure hellacious pieces of thrash metal with massive amounts of brutal sounding energy. 

    One track that really stands out on this album is, “Presto vs Metal,” which is an instrumental track. The Neo-classical meets thrash metal style is amazing and the song features some exceptional guitar work. I really like the overall arrangement, especially how the music confidently flows from beginning to end. This is a song that I can see appealing to a wide range of metal fans, and the track really shows how talented these musicians are in terms of skill level. 

    After, “Presto vs Metal,” the band sort of plays it safe by sticking with their old school thrash approach. I would not say that the music becomes painfully repetitive, however, the band definitely does not stray away from the old school thrash metal formula very often. For me though, I still believe that the fierce guitar riffs and pulverizing drum parts do a great job injecting raw energy into the songs, thus you cannot simply ignore this band’s feverish thrash metal passion. For example, “Fields of Death,” is one track that I felt had some thunderous guitar riffs to grab your attention and whip you up into a constant headbanging frenzy. You can definitely count on this band to keep firing on all cylinders until the very end of the album. 

    In the end, I would say that Project Pain’s, “Faster Disaster,” is another step forward for this band in terms of sound quality and overall brutal aggression. The band is not trying to reinvent the heavy metal wheel and they tend to not experiment with the traditional thrash metal formula, so if you are looking for a band that honors and stays true to the thrash metal ethos, then this band is highly recommended for you. Honestly, as the world becomes one massive disaster of completely insanity, we’ll need band’s like Project Pain to help get us through all the chaos.

Check out the video for the song "Mean Metal Machine" below: 

Project Pain Bandcamp:

https://projectpain.bandcamp.com/album/faster-disaster