FLAMES ‎- In Agony Rise LP (Black Vinyl)

No creative crisis witnessed on this flaming front, the few cosmetic alterations well implemented, the band functioning fully as a tight organized unit, including behind the mike where the departed Thomas Trampouras has been ably replaced by the one-time showing Flo Gebhard. The Kirk brothers have nothing to be ashamed of; they didn’t let the numetal vogues ruin their ironclad, also fiery, facade, merely acknowledging their dominant status with a couple of noisier groovy tunes. They never fell for those traps, but they haven’t fallen for any others, either, not feeling tempted to produce anything new for a sizeable period of time... the drum guru Nick Samios (also Memorain, Drama Noir, Afterblood, etc.) has been seen jamming with them recently… a probable rehearsal for more inflammatory classic death/thrash exploits?