Vitriolic are a band from Finland that plays a mixture of black, thrash and speed metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Black Steel Vengeance" which was released as a joint effort between Dying Victims Productions and Headsplit Records.
A very fast and brutal sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while the music also adds in a great amount of first wave, thrash and speed metal elements and the recording is rooted in the 80's and updated for the modern era.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the solos and leads also remain very true to an old school extreme metal style. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them and the whole album also sticks to a heavier direction.
Vitriolic plays a musical style that takes black, thrash and speed metal and mixes them together to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Anti Religion, Darkness and Death themes.
In my opinion Vitriolic are a very great sounding mixture of black, thrash and speed metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Crown Of Fire" "Martial Spirit" "The Hunt" and "Black Steel Vengeance'. 8 out of 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIPgHCSeUQ
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/black-steel-vengeance