Bull-Riff Stampede ‘Scatter The Ground’ Album Review

Bull-Riff Stampede are a metal band from the UK, who have played shows with bands such as Sepultura, Sylosis and Evile.

The first song from ‘Scatter The Ground’ is ‘Central Embodiment of Evil’, and the heavy riffs instantly blow you away. Dave Garnett’s vocals are heavy and powerful, matching the technical guitaring and head-bang worthy riffs. ‘Bled To Arena’ has an incredibly impressive guitar solo and proves how unique thrash metal can be. The instrumental song ‘Raze’ fully demonstrates that Bull-Riff Stampede is full of talented musicians. ‘My Worst Nightmare’ is one of the best tracks on the album, due to the fantastic fusion elements of both melodic and thrash metal, making it unique and outstanding. The chugging guitaring in ‘Mask Of Five Skulls’ makes it energetic and  it’s easy to imagine a crowd going wild to this song when it’s performed live. Dave Garnett’s rough vocals are emphasised extremely well on this track by the horror-filled lyrics. ‘Advance and Conquer’ has a more melodic metal opening, but the rest of the song is filled with a heavy and energetic pace. ‘Thrashing Machine’ is a perfect example of a thrash metal song and the fast-paced guitaring makes this song very impressive. Impressive guitar solos are definitely a strong point for Bull-Riff Stampede, as is perfectly demonstrated in ‘No Regrets’. ‘Ten’ is a very heavy metal song, full of anger and a strong passion for metal music. The opening scream in ‘Pit March’ is incredible, proving that Dave Garnett’s vocals are very versatile and every song on ‘Scatter The Ground’ sounds different. The last song is ‘Solace’, which is a very slow-paced instrumental song.

Following their amazing debut album ‘Scatter The Ground’, four-piece thrash metal band Bull-Riff Stampede have started working on their second album, ‘Enrage The Beast’, which will be released in November 2013.

 

Bull-Riff Stampede have been announced to play Hammerfest this month, as well as heading out on a UK tour with Beholder in May and they’re set to play Wacken Open Air festival in August.

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