Released: 2001
Suns Owl is a Japanese band that plays a roaring, raging form of modern thrash. Recharged is violent and caustic like early Skinlab but without any of the nu-metal pretensions, only pure, aggressive metal. Dispensing with trivialities like down-tunings and breakdowns, Suns Owl just roar in a high, angry gear over everything in their path.
This is some really quality, intense stuff, at times recalling Sepultura (‘Horse of Iron’) and in other places Vision of Disorder in their more metallic moments. The vocals are potently acidic, backed by a relentless, powerfully rhythmic guitar, honed to precision with a sharp clarity that further enhances the attack. Indeed, Recharged is a fine example of a band attempting a modern metal sound without compromising the heaviness and hostility that makes metal what it is. I’m not sure what purpose the techno-remixed ‘Psychedelic Terrorist’ is supposed to serve, however, as there’s no original version to compare it to here and it stands out like the ska riff in ‘Mulling Up’ but far more out of place—and seems completely unnecessary.
That one criticism aside, Suns Owl put a mighty slab together here that put other more famous bands to shame.
- Introduction
- Succession of the Truth
- Unbound
- Recharged
- Horse of Iron
- 4735 Days Like Hell
- Hi-Tech HG
- Mulling Up
- Psychedelic Terrorust (NADA remix)
- Pussywhipped
Rating: 85%
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