FAITHXTRACTOR – Razing The World Of Myth

From Cincinatti, Ohio, comes a new band to rescue an old style. Faithxtractor are Ash and Marquis Thomas (the later also sings in an underground band called The Vladimirs) who play all instruments and handle vocals themselves – seems like they may have some difficulties performing live. Two demo songs written and recorded by Ash Thomas lead to the signing by the new label Aphotic records, and soon after that the album Razing The World Of Myth was recorded with only one intention: To play straight, brutal Old School Death Metal.

In a time when Traditional Death Metal gives way more and more to more sophisticated Progressive elements or incorporates Melodic or clean parts sophisticated by the Gothemburg school of Death Metal, only few bands retain this style and attitude. What is held up high still is old school Thrash, and Faithxtractor at times also exhibits some Thrashy influences during the course of Razing The World Of Myth, which becomes them.

The album contains thirteen tracks, most of them short and in-your-face. Heavy riffs, fast drumming, harsh, gutural vocals, somewhere in the spirit of old Death, Obituary, Sepultura, early Vio-Lence and eighties’ Death/Thrash Metal like Possessed. The guitar work is never monotonous, something which differentiates the album from many early Death Metal works and is the only slightly modern aspect of the whole release. Other than that and the Thrash influences, the album breathes the same air as those classic albums, and the raw, but reasonable production does its part to take one back to the good old days when this brutal style was new and the next best thing to canned beer.

This album is good fun, and even if it will probably not be the stellar highlight of one’s collection, it will be a nice change up in your collection. Therefore, it deserves two thumbs up and you need to support the underground and get the album. If you like it hard, you’re gonna love this!

If the album is not enough for you, the band recorded a split 12″ with Crucified Mortals, which is available through their Myspace site.