Album Review: Reprisal – None Survive The Sun (Hostile Media)

UK thrash/death metallers Reprisal will release their new, intensely heavy & tech-tinged album called ‘None Survive the Sun’ in March 30th 2018 via Hostile Media.

Bassist Theo Brooke had this to say: “For the past three years we’ve been toiling away, carefully crafting material for this full length. Following up our Ichneumanity EP, we this time made a conscious effort to implement more uplifting lyrical themes, fewer riffs, slower tempos, specifically NO guitar solos, and an altogether more streamlined, ‘mainstream metal’ sound… We have spectacularly failed.”

Guitarist Oliver du Toit adds: “the album was recorded by ourselves and David Archer at Audio Empire throughout the Summer and Autumn of 2017, and our goal with the production was to capture both the heaviness and intricacy of our music in equal measure, whilst simultaneously preserving the organic sound of the band. It’s a true representation of where Reprisal are at creatively and artistically in 2018.”

Thrash metal at its core but with a lot more to offer. None Survive the Sun is a hefty ten track album that delivers on several fronts. Namely the intensity of riffing, the brutality of the deathy vocals, the technical nuances that surprise & the balls out tempo.

This is an album to get excited about if you’re into the heavier end of the metal spectrum. Oxygen Crisis, Monomania, Cannibal Cosmos…if you’re not losing your mind to the brilliant progressiveness of the metal on show, there is no hope for you.

This is a masterclass in song writing & structure, one that makes the groovy beat of Hammer of Light or the thumping rhythm of Starmaker stand out. Sounding alien to each other but also fitting perfectly on an album dripping with variety.

It takes something special to hold a listeners attention over 10 tracks/54 minutes. Especially when it comes to thrash/death metal but Reprisal manage it with such ease it’s clear they’re going to go far. You only need hear the toe-curling meatiness of The Relic, the fantastic guitar work of the acoustic Born Alien and the all out aural assault of Nephila to confirm that.

Brilliant.

Reprisal – None Survive the Sun Full Track Listing:

1. Oxygen Crisis
2. Monomania
3. Cannibal Cosmos
4. Hammer of Light
5. The Great Dying
6. Starmaker
7. The Patronarch
8. The Relic
9. Born Alien
10. Nephila

You’ll be able to pick up the new album on Bandcamp digitally here and physical copies as well as merch on BigCartel here. Find out more about Reprisal/keep up to date with news on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and check out videos on YouTube.