Hatriot - Dawn Of The New Centurion - review
Hatriot - Dawn Of The New Centurion - review
Tracklist
01. From My Cold Dead Hands02. Your Worst Enemy
03. The Fear Within
04. Honor The Rise And Fall
05. Superkillafragsadisticactsaresoatrocious
06. Silence In The House Of The Lord
07. World Funeral
08. Dawn Of The New Centurion
09. Consolation For The Insane
A review by
ScreamingSteelUS June 10, 2014
Hatriot's music often echoes the sounds of Zetro's past life - ironic, as lead guitarist Kosta Varvatakis (not Zetro) writes all the music, but at the same time perhaps perfectly reasonable to expect. The non-Zetro part of Hatriot consists of a much younger cadre of players, all of whom probably grew up listening to Exodus. Testament influence shines through on occasion as well, particularly on "Silence In The House Of The Lord." Though they aren't affiliated with Zetro, it sounds as though Overkill have had a hand in this (though maybe inasmuch as I find Tempo Of The Damned very similar, but less catchy and more thrashy).
"Superkillafragsadisticactsaresoatrocious" (which I'm only going to type out once) might be one hell of a ridiculous mouthful, but it fades out to a chorus of "Free Pussy Riot," so it isn't entirely nonsensical. In fact, lyrically, Dawn Of The New Centurion is a pretty serious indictment of violence and injustice in the modern world. Zetro's anger translates well into these vicious sonic assaults, and his familiar voice melds with the youthful aggression and intensity of a younger generation of thrashers. While Dawn Of The New Centurion might be slightly less ambitious than Heroes Of Origin, it still holds some powerful songs. "The Fear Within" is a chilling, haunting tale of desperation, and "Honor In The Rise And Fall" and "Your Worst Enemy" are both fantastic thrashers.
Dawn Of The New Centurion delivers the same crushing thrash that Hatriot did so well on Heroes Of Origin, which itself is basically the same thing Exodus did with Zetro in the olden days. Of course, with his newly-announced return to Exodus, Zetro might well be doing this stuff with two bands concurrently, but it is good to know that he has another place to explore this great sound.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
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Posts: 6209 Written by [user id=101272] on 10.06.2014 at 20:16 More of less what I think. A huge disappointment,.
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I think their debut (yes, that one with the awful Manowar-esque "artwork"), was stronger than this one, but then again, to each his own, maybe I didn't give this one a proper chance.
---- "Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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Posts: 40071 Written by deadone on 17.06.2014 at 02:08 Modern thrash?  Pure unadultered Bay Area Thrash this is. Way better than anything Exodus ever released after Souza left/got kicked out.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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Zetro best work was still with Testament when they were called Legacy and that is still Testament/Legacy's best work by miles and miles. 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Posts: 40071 Written by deadone on 17.06.2014 at 03:33 Well they weren't called Testament at the time but Legacy but had to change their name due to some other band having therights to name, but three of the four demo songs he recorded the vocals for ended up on Testament's debut album and later on he did record Reign Of Terror with them on a rerecorded compilation album and he is still regarded as the Original Testament vocalist and rightly so.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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