Necromessiah - The Last Hope of Humanity... - (2013)

   Necromessiah debuted in 2004 with "...Instar Gladii in Corporem Christi" a raw, aggressive and rehearsal quality, but quite promising black/thrash album. Later on they continued to evolve further in the style to find the characteristics they're the most comfortable with.

   On their third full-length album "The Last Hope of Humanity" an already experienced, well practiced band could be heard. They confidently experimented with various aspects of thrash from simple, ancient punk influenced themes through Bay Area style to the most intense thrashing. Therefore it became a more chilling, party-compatible record. By turning heavier than before, the differences between black/thrash and thrash/death got blurred in their music, and the blackened themes and atmosphere also had drastically reduced role compared to the debut. Thrashing has absolute dominance on the album, and by focusing more on intensity and aggressive tone, it wouldn't seem a big mistake to call "The Last Hope of Humanity" as  thrash/death music. The blackened showing up only occasionally in form of extreme speed ups, and their higher frequency could definitely have advantageous effect on the record by offering bigger diversity. However, for thrash metal fans the album might be still pretty enjoyable.