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It does, however, suit the extremely raw nature of the music very well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther than “Lost Time,” which is an instrumental track, the rest of the seven tracks on the 37-minute-long album are all aggressive Blackened Thrash Metal tracks, delivered with fierce conviction and sometimes at a very fast pace too. It might not technically be blast beats, but considering that this album was released in 1988, the drumming is occasionally pretty fast-paced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo call this album an intense experience would be an understatement, and truth be told, the only thing that really prevents this album from being in the same league as the seminal offerings of Slayer, Sodom, and Kreator is the production. Most likely the consequence of limited resources and maybe even a desire to mimic the same basic quality of sound found on the Hellhammer demos, things are so raw that at times one is tempted to backtrack a few seconds. With a production that more closely resembles the still raw but clearer presentation of Sepultura’s “Schizophrenia” or maybe even Kreator’s “Pleasure to Kill,” the potential that rests beneath the fog of this album’s mix would be far easier to grasp and enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is, when all is said and done, a great example of where extreme Thrash was in its primordial state, obsessed with violence and insanity lyrically, and mirroring this sentiment musically at every possible turn. Mundane album art aside, this is an album that is anything but that, and one that fits in quite well among the elite of the Brazilian scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Dying Smashed\u003cbr\u003e2. Marching Over Blood\u003cbr\u003e3. Lost Time\u003cbr\u003e4. No Life Till Madness\u003cbr\u003e5. Children’s Assassins\u003cbr\u003e6. Flesh Maniac\u003cbr\u003e7. 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It does, however, suit the extremely raw nature of the music very well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther than “Lost Time,” which is an instrumental track, the rest of the seven tracks on the 37-minute-long album are all aggressive Blackened Thrash Metal tracks, delivered with fierce conviction and sometimes at a very fast pace too. It might not technically be blast beats, but considering that this album was released in 1988, the drumming is occasionally pretty fast-paced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo call this album an intense experience would be an understatement, and truth be told, the only thing that really prevents this album from being in the same league as the seminal offerings of Slayer, Sodom, and Kreator is the production. Most likely the consequence of limited resources and maybe even a desire to mimic the same basic quality of sound found on the Hellhammer demos, things are so raw that at times one is tempted to backtrack a few seconds. With a production that more closely resembles the still raw but clearer presentation of Sepultura’s “Schizophrenia” or maybe even Kreator’s “Pleasure to Kill,” the potential that rests beneath the fog of this album’s mix would be far easier to grasp and enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is, when all is said and done, a great example of where extreme Thrash was in its primordial state, obsessed with violence and insanity lyrically, and mirroring this sentiment musically at every possible turn. Mundane album art aside, this is an album that is anything but that, and one that fits in quite well among the elite of the Brazilian scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Dying Smashed\u003cbr\u003e2. Marching Over Blood\u003cbr\u003e3. Lost Time\u003cbr\u003e4. No Life Till Madness\u003cbr\u003e5. Children’s Assassins\u003cbr\u003e6. Flesh Maniac\u003cbr\u003e7. 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So, whereas their self-titled debut (1987) was put up with the clear intention of becoming “the fastest band in the world” (sic), bordering on Black Metal before Black Metal itself was born, “Limits of Insanity” (1989) was a half-misstep since it tilted towards a more Speed Metal style, and I can imagine why it’s rarely mentioned among cult old-school Brazilian Metal records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut then “Disturbing the Noise” came, just in time for the final shots of our beloved genre, and Attomica suddenly returned to the brutality radar of metalheads, rejoining the club they had left two years earlier. And believe me, the artwork is just the tip of the iceberg of what we will find on here. Clearly, these guys don’t want you to waste your time, so they slam all their most violent songs at the beginning of the album. As a result, side A of the LP alone nearly reaches Thrash perfection, pure headbanging paradise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith “Disturbing the Noise”, Attomica contributed to pushing the genre to its very limits like few others, and while the music is still clearly Thrash Metal, most of the time the overall pace of the drumming lies somewhere between a standard Thrash beat and a slightly slower Death blast beat. It’s no wonder that, by the time you reach the 4th song, ‘Violence and Terror’, which is also the first with a standard tempo, if your neck is still in place, it will seem pretty slow!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes, “Ways of Death”, “The Chainsaw”, “Deathraiser”, each one aims for 1st place in a death race for the fastest track on the album. They are virtually interchangeable, but each one is too good to be ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Ways of Death\u003cbr\u003e2. The Chainsaw\u003cbr\u003e3. 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