Reviews@ENEMY INSIDE - One More Time (CD)

Enemy Inside – One More Time

Label: Miner Recordings

Year: 16.10.2015

Format: CD (Jewelcase)

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Genre: Rock

Still: Speed/Thrash

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This band and album got me interested for two reasons – video adverts for them were done by Dante and Rage od Venom, and legendary Kirk Windestein of Crowbar. So, if they say that guys from Sarajevo are good, then they must be good. And I have to tell you, these people know what is good.

Besides that, it is equaly worthy of noticing that the founders of the band Enemy Inside are original before-war guitar player of a cult band Bombarder, Zlatko Zlaja Slatinac, and since 2014 behind the drumm kit is siting no other than one of the best drummers in the region Ivan Perović (Sacramental Blood). With them, in the band are lead guitarist Mirsad Sommy Čović (Dozer, Snake Eater), and bass player Serdjo Slatinac (Pad Sistema, Dozer). As a second vocalist in the band is Filip Filtha Kolarić from Zagreb.  

First full-lenth is released through the label Miner Recordings.

Musically, Enemy Inside floats on the surface of speed-thrash metal, although since the very beginning, with the help of huge experience that stands behind each band member, they have managed to built their own sound. In tempo, songs are varying from faster to slower, ane that fact makes this album very interesting. Trade mark marching intro on the drumms followed by guitar rif is replaced by the opening track „Slaves ’till the Grave“, that carries in itself some ovekill-flavor, especially from the earlier albums of this band.  Pummeling rif hits you straight in the head.  After this one, comes the title track „One More Time“, slower in tempo, but no less heavy weight one. Ivan Petrović is killing on drumms and in this song he shows his qualities. Fourth song „Thrashin’ Way“ is in the manner of legendary Motorhead and venom and it can be experienced most fully during the travel in the tour buss, or on some bike-tour, real speed metal mindblower worthy of the band which is plaing it. Solo of Sommy is the brightest point in the sea of light this track shines out. „The Machine of Hate“, „Brothers in Arms“ and second title one „Enemy Inside“ are closing this release and are perfect showcase that in front of us we have a new band that much will be expected from in the future. ,Realistically, they have abilities to produce what is expected. It might be that Enemy Inside music need more variety and that unvaried rhythms  tend to overextend, or at least give this impression.

Influences are clearly heard, and there are many of them. From time to time, Enemy Inside remind on some thrash band from Bay Area school, and sometime on some european thrash band, but all this is seasoned by some our, balkanic flavour, so that influences are present only in traces, skillfully hidden. As the unit, the album is definitely well executed and for sure it will gather many fans of speed and thrash metal music in this area. As bonus, on the album are two and half covers.  And here is the reason why two ald half. Here are covers of two songs of legendary band Bombarder – „Horde“ and the hymn of the band „Metalni bog“.  And then, in well recognized style, there is a song „Čelična ruka“, the one that is half-cover of Motorhead song „Iron Fist“, in which guest vocals are done by the man himself – Nešo from Bombarder, the legend on ex-Yu metal scene, and all that gave this song some special feeling.  

All in all, this is one true brogherly release, like some kind of family reunion, reunion of brothers in arms. I do not know was there any cooperation of brothers Slatinac and Nešo from Bombarder, af it wasn’t, this one was for sure eagerly awaited.

Written by : Igor Vlad Cepesh Živić

Rating : 8,5 /10