Jul 17, 2013

Order 66- Demo (2013)


 I'm going to keep this pretty straight forward because, frankly, these cats play a very straight forward brand of thrash metal with just enough death metal tones and the right amount of hardcore moxie to knock every single one of your teeth out of your mouth. Order 66 is from Cleveland, OH and are creating quite a nice buzz in the local metal underground for their demo released in 2012. These songs are well crafted and cleverly structured with familiar thrash elements akin to Forbidden and Testament with tracks such as "The Fall Will Kill You" and "A Coward's Pride" reminiscent of the best of At the Gates and early Haunted. . Marco Quiroz and Dave Martin's dual guitar work is beyond impressive with bassist Rob Lesniak and drummer Eric Matthews holding down an incredibly tight rhythm section. Kris Heming's vocal performance is equally as impressive with the singer belting powerfully, yet tastefully while injecting enough harmonies to add an element of surprise and class to this otherwise vicious onslaught. Having cut their chops in various metal bands over the years, Order 66 aren't a part of a retro-revival and certainly don't seem to be paying attention to current musical or social trends. What you hear is what you get, five honest dudes playing some of the best metal I've heard from Cleveland in quite some time. Go see this band, buy their material, wear the shirt, and don't have your lawyer call them after you get arrested for assault with this on the ITunes.