From Germany a promo from the band Armistice has reached our office. It�s the second full length offering of this band, and it�s entitled Roots Of Evil. Let�s see what they�re all about.

 

Armistice plays a combination of speed and thrash metal with an old-school touch to it. Think of bands like Exodus, Slayer, Metallica and Sepultura. Also I hear some plain old-school eighties rock in the music. A very typical German band obviously.

 

Mediocrity reigns supreme on this record. Or something below mediocre. That�s all I hear. The riffs that kind of appeal to me immediately remind me of a riff of the bands mentioned above, which bothers me quite a lot. Normally one would say that it�s better to steal something good than to create something bad, but in this case I disagree with this statement. The monotonous hoarse vocals don�t impress either, as do the solos.

 

So to conclude this story, since Armistice�s inception in 1992 they�ve not really accomplished anything and this record (dating from 2005) won�t change a thing about this. They�re creating music that every metalhead has heard over a thousand times, and they don�t do it in an impressive or innovative way, which means they end up in the oblivion that is mediocre heavy metal music. Too bad.