(Our Norway-based contributor Chile wrote the following very enthusiastic review of the sophomore album released earlier this month by D.C.-based Desolus.)

For a guy who’s constantly (or often enough) on about how he likes his metal fast, I feel like I am not listening to nearly enough thrash metal, arguably one of the fastest genres around. Furthermore, since thrash can be easily welded together with influences from both death and black metal, thus making it even more interesting and varied, I really have no excuse.

So what better chance to indulge in such activities than to wield some wicked new thrash album and give it a proper review in the process (I am also not claiming here that I can actually write a proper review), and therefore we are joined today by Washington D.C.’s Desolus and their just-released sophomore album Dwellers of the Twilight Void. Continue reading »