E-Force - Evil Forces (2003)

   Thrash metal was forced to take a back seat since a while, but fortunately some newer reinforcements came from time to time to refresh the scene.
    One of them was E-Force from French Canada. Their intense debut summoned a feeling that was missed since a long while from the main scene. They sounded a bit different compared to old school thrash, because some modern influences also could be sensed in their music, but it still had the needed nostalgic characteristics. Probably the softer kind of thrash and the Bay Area scene was also between their influences such as the more aggressive direction. The improved features are that they tried to substitute the typical softer themes and yowling vocal style of the first one with something more actual. In the early '00s it's was hardly possible to reach any serious impression with the musical toolbar of the '80s, so some modernization was needed. That they performed creatively by their own way, and that made their music more colorful than usual. By the lyrical themes they followed the classical tone and topics of the genre."Evil Forces" was a reinterpretation of an old school style that didn't run down only by intense thrashing, but also had some renewing ambitions.