This band is being promoted as a speed metal band. While they may be a speed metal band, they're not as intense or fierce as Vengeance, Deliverance or Believer. The vocals and looseness of the chops rate most of these tunes as garage speed metal. Light Force is not lame, though. Most thrashers will like it, they just won't be blown away by it. There's some nice bass chops that solo all through this debut album. There's busy drumming and crunchin' power chords too. The title track is a hot tune, with fast rhythms and time changes. We can expect more from this band on future releases on Pure Metal.
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Dead Zine 2002Reviewed by NecRoSarXI know, I was just about as surprised as anyone when I ran across this album. Light Force is hard to find, especially when we're talking the original released format back in the late 1980s on the Pure Metal label. Light Force was, just as a matter of a quick review, the classic metal band Steve Rowe of Mortification fame was in. My take on Light Force is something of a second-rate Barren Cross as…Adonai Metal Rock #3Reviewed by Daniel BaillodTranslated from the original French LIGHTFORCE had already impressed the metal rags (h)ardently, with their demo "Battlezone" (still available from the band). Signed by PURE METAL, our four Australian white metallers come to us with a first album that is a total smash. Musically, the band situates itself between heavy and thrash/speed. And it is the good stuff!! No bubblegum on "Mystical…Similar sounding releases
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