Ultimatum

Item: Puppet Of Destruction
Author: D_Lister

Puppet Of Destruction

(1998)

Reviewed by D_Lister

Discogs Bandcamp Apple Music

Label Rowe ProductionsDead Zine1998

heavy metal power metal speed metal thrash metal

So did you happen to listen to the last Ultimatum CD? A lot of people didn't care for that album. If you're one of those people, really consider giving the band another try. I personally gave Symphonic Extremities a rating of 8, I felt they showed a lot of power and thrashed like the best of them. Sure there were a couple of tracks that needed polishing but overall I felt it was a very enjoyable CD.

Enter the Puppet of Destruction, and enters with it a whole new level of Ultimatum.

This band got T-I-G-H-T! This album thrusts me back into the Helloween/Overkill days, and I'm simply loving listening to it. The song that simply grabs me the most is Mortal Stomp, track 2! This song simply shreds from the opening licks to the ending riot vocals screaming STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!

Gutterbox is a really cool song as well, giving opportunity for Scott Waters to change his vocal styles here and there with the shrill screams to intro each verse. Robert Gutierrez pounds out some killer double bass parts in this song, thundering through the guitar solos. The song lyrically is about how we have become desensitised by television, and the effects it has had on society.

From track 1 to track 10 Ultimatum treats us to some serious thrash that the metal world has been missing for a long time. Crunching heavy guitars, and clean throaty vocals. Anyone into this type of music should give this a shot, it's distributed by Diamante, so you can get it in just about any bookshop.

9/10