EXTREMA "Headbanging Forever"




EXTREMA

“Headbanging Forever”

“Headbanging Forever” is a great title for a metal album. Shame that the album itself is so average and forgettable. EXTREMA is an Italian band with a long history but they really sound like “Local Metal Band USA”...the type that virtually every town with a population over 5000 seems to have. They are being pushed as a thrash band, but the term groove metal seems to fit their direction much better.

Like so many bands, they are far from terrible, but their PANTERA-influenced groove with traces of typical radio metal is very formulaic. They do attack the songs with some zest and energy, but I would not call this thrash in the classic sense. It’s very modern and the production is extremely clean. The ghost of triggered drums arises again, a specter I’ve been seeing all too much lately.

The songs are fast, the solos are good, the songs don’t last in your mind any longer than it takes to hear them. Groove metal fans can give this a listen but discerning old schoolers will not be fooled by EXTREMA.

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