Lista de Bandas Thrash Metal Aggression Tales Random Acts of Physical Disgust

Brazil's Aggression Tales releases their sophomore album Random Acts of Physical Disgust this year, 4 years after the release of their debut album. To be honest, most Brazilian bands that I have gotten to know of so far are of the power metal variety, so it is interesting to see how Aggression Tales will fare with their new album.

Lies Against Relief begins with a guitar riff almost reminiscent of Meshuggah's Combustion, but there is perhaps where all similarity ends as the vocals of Bruno comes in, a fusion of Kaamos' Karl Envall and Vader's Peter Wiwczarek. The high speed, high energy and pace that Random Acts of Physical Disgust go at reminds listeners of bands such as India's Devoid, especially on songs such as All the Victims, except that a low-pitched growl replaces the barks of Devoid's Arun, and unlike the more trebly tone that the aforementioned prefers, Aggression Tales chooses to utilise a bottom heavy guitar tone.

Slower parts on the album are also short breaks to deceive the listener, such as the opening riffs of Feed My Monster, a slow and heavy riff but instantly breaking into their usual fast tempo again after a short while. The crazy laughter in the middle of the track, while may have been a good idea, sounded forced and the song could have been better without its presence.

The band also constantly displays their many different influences on the album, such as the melodic death metal-styled riffing on All the Victims. At some points in time the riffs even sound like Megadeth Symphony of Destruction, only highly sped up and energised. The introduction of Confined even sounds like Firewind's Into the Fire, with the listener almost expecting a Gus G guitar section to enter. The riffs that follow are also a slight nod towards power metal, before seeing the band go into a full on death metal rage once more. However, on the same song the solos sound slightly awkward and out of place, with an artificial and plastic-sounding lead guitar tone, causing the experience to slightly falter. The slightly odd time-signature also throws the listener off-balance for awhile at times.

The band's music also isn't all serious and no fun, as evident from the closing track War Porn Primetime, seemingly taking a shot at the coverage of wartime in a slightly tongue-in-cheek manner, with people looking at war as if they were seeking pornography, and this certainly provides a suitable closing track to Random Acts of Physical Disgust.

One final thing that particular made this record such a powerful one is how the songs exit as suddenly as they enter - a display of how the band has managed to write the songs, and arrange them in such an order that they transit seamlessly from one track to another. There are hardly any awkward moments in between tracks, and transitions between tracks such as Confined and Damage Of Defacement are so smooth that it leads the listener to think that it is only one single track.