{"id":128,"date":"2009-04-20T12:51:28","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T17:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.themetalden.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-05-31T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T15:56:18","slug":"metal-news-source-tmd-newsunderground-metals-top-journalist-offers-up-his-critical-assessment-of-the-debut-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"ROCKET REVIEW: LAZARUS A.D. &#8211; The Onslaught (CD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lazarus A.D.\" src=\"http:\/\/i25.photobucket.com\/albums\/c84\/rocketfromvenice\/lazarusad-theonslaught.jpg\" alt=\"Lazarus A.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"TMD Rocks!\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/tmdcom.jpg\" alt=\"TMD Rocks!\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are in the midst of a new modern force in heavy metal music. Southeastern Wisconsin Thrash act <strong>Lazarus A.D.<\/strong> has released a perfectly <em>explosive<\/em> debut album via Metal Blade Records entitled <em>The Onslaught,<\/em> having been mixed by\u00a0legendary\u00a0producer\u00a0<strong>James Murphy<\/strong> of <strong>Testament <\/strong>fame, and contains ten seriously rocking\u00a0songs, overlaid with shred-style lead guitar work, that are clearly trying to out do the previous tracks in\u00a0full-frenzied chaos. Lazarus A.D. effectively proves with a sledge hammer slug to your head why they are a clear harken back to a <em>young <\/em><strong>Metallica<\/strong>, before Cliff Burton perished and true Thrash metal as we <em>knew and loved it<\/em> ended. This is just one of those\u00a0rare albums that gets your head <em>banging <\/em>uncontrollably, from the grooving like\u00a0a twister opener &#8220;Last Breath&#8221;\u00a0to the\u00a0final note of\u00a0the miraculous\u00a0&#8220;Thou Shall Not Fear&#8221;.\u00a0What I find even more compelling is that they can go from sounding Progressive to Death Metal back to Classic Thrash without making it all a mess. In terms of the overall songwriting, these guys know what they are doing and hit\u00a0<em>hard<\/em> with every\u00a0riff and beat. &#8220;<span id=\"Label1\">The Onslaught Pt. 2 &#8211; Rebirth&#8221; and &#8220;Lust&#8221; are the highlights, finally bringing back some old school sounding Th<\/span>rash\/Groove to my speakers. After listening to <em>The Onslaught<\/em>, I really feel in my gut that this is a special band, mainly because this\u00a0studio record reminds me so much of the killer\u00a0tunes I grew up on\u00a0from way back in the early days.<\/p>\n<p>[starreview tpl=16]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 78px; height: 94px;\" title=\"Goddamn Electric!\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/fire019.gif\" alt=\"Goddamn Electric!\" width=\"78\" height=\"94\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">ROCKET REVIEW:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> LAZARUS A.D. &#8211; <em>The Onslaught<\/em> (CD\/LP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"Label1\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Metal Blade Records\/2009)<\/p>\n<p>1. Last Breath<\/p>\n<p>2. Thou Shall Not Fear<\/p>\n<p>3. Damnation for the Weak<\/p>\n<p>4. Every Word Unheard<\/p>\n<p>5. The Onslaught Pt. 1 \u2013 Revolution<\/p>\n<p>6. The Onslaught Pt. 2 \u2013 Rebirth<\/p>\n<p>7. Lust<\/p>\n<p>8. Forged in Blood<\/p>\n<p>9. Absolute Power<\/p>\n<p>10. Who I Really Am<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/lazarus1\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/lazarus1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 116px; height: 153px;\" title=\"Goddamn Electric!\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/fire019.gif\" alt=\"Goddamn Electric!\" width=\"116\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rocket of THE METAL DEN\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.photobucket.com\/albums\/y55\/RSCODY\/ROCKHEROFINAL1-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket\" width=\"210\" height=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in the midst of a new modern force in heavy metal music. 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