Nervochaos - Battalions of Hate (2010)

    Nervochaos debuted as a strongly thrash influenced death metal band who (similar to older South American bands) gave a unique taste of mixed music influences. With time their style changed a bit and became more determined in the direction of death metal (probably the constant line-up changes were also responsible for that, since drummer and main man Eduardo Lane is the only permanent member of the band).

  Their music turned heavier and more complex during the years, mainly because of the increasing death metal influences in their themes, and therefore on the side of speed, further extreme features showed up. Still, the thrash metal roots and references didn't disappear, "Battalions of Hate" is definitely an old school spirited album, though it's modern sounding, and the influences of the more aggressive form of thrash (especially the German scene's influence), still could be discovered in their music. But the change that modernized their sound also took the band out from the old school sound of South American bands, though they didn't lose from their intesity. The old bands of this scene were able to mix styles in a way that not many others were able to, and that became the trademark of South American bands. The modernized sound might increased the heavy and brutal effects, but the same time gave the band a new quality, and stepped through the border of local traditional sound. "Battalions of Hate" was a high quality release, and it might be enjoyable for the fans of the old school and modern sound of thrashing death metal.