07/11/2025
Band: Noize Blade
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Genre: Thrash Metal
Album: The Age of Dread
Themes: Death, Destruction, Mental illness, Society, Chaos
Release date: Octuber 5th, 2025
Label: Unsigned/independent
Recording: Lóttér Drum School 2023 & 2025, Nagy László
Engineering and Mixing: Mecseki Tibor
Producing: Jurinka Péter
Logos: Hajnal Tibor from Dawn Of Darkness" (D.O.D.) & Rebel
Booklet: Csejtei Gábor & Kerekes Krisztián
Photos: Varesz Photography.
The Age of Dread is the second album from the Hungarian band Noize Blade, released last October. It delivers a highly energetic Thrash Metal sound that blends old-school and modern Thrash rhythms, with blistering riffs that explode one after another. This emphasizes the enduring feel of the genre and makes it exceptional even today. It's the kind of irreverent, rebellious, wild, and high-energy music that comes from the Hungarian band Noize Blade.
Emerging from obscurity in a European country whose metal culture has been nurtured by diverse subgenres, bands like Tormentor, Ektomorf, Pokelgép, AWS, and others have cultivated their musical styles over the years, making them known to the world. Noize Blade is a band that aims to stand out in this scene and stay afloat with its own unique approach to songwriting and its deep passion for the genre, sharing it with the irreverent and controversial fans of Thrash Metal around the globe.
Adopting an ideology that embraces society and chaos, death and destruction, they have proudly accepted the banner of Thrash Metal, while also considering the listener's musical taste to create high-quality independent music without the need for a record label. A burst of fury in rhythms that make you headbang in every direction, feeling that sudden surge of euphoria from the moment you press play—a well-executed adrenaline rush. This band has forged its aggressive musical style with certain elements of that emblematic Thrash Metal that everyone knows, but with the message that "we continue to carry the banner of what Thrash Metal is and will be until the end of time," something that is well-executed throughout the nearly 40 minutes of this new material, perfectly in line with the direction this branch of the genre is taking.
While incorporating traditional themes within the genre, they also push forward with the ambition to do something more. The album features structured and heavy solos, accompanied by a bass that resonates both in the background and at the forefront, providing an upward thrust that is further emphasized by the relentless drumming that shakes your eardrums with rapid and energetic rhythm changes. These elements clearly indicate that they're delivering something truly fantastic for listeners who crave an adrenaline rush. They even walk the fine line between death metal and other genres in one track, demonstrating the passion these guys have for their music. The vocal style on this new material is reminiscent of Mike Browning's iconic voice from Nocturnus, brimming with energy and passion. The sound is polished to better suit this type of song, adding a more dynamic and rhythmic edge. That aspect of digging deeper than all of this makes this album more exciting, as it sounds great and should praise the band for simply creating music that you truly feel in your entire being; violent guitar riffs from the very beginning of Unparalleled Suffering with those well-measured timings in the changes that give you that punch; well-crafted solos that come in well when they should be played in all the tracks and not just in a certain part of the song, but when they have to be included, they include them constantly; well-established bursts of anger in every drum hit in the tracks When Hatred Comes, Beyond Promises and Warmonger; Effects that resonate and bounce with every bass strum, as in the track Black Arteries, which sounds like raw, uncensored Death Metal, featuring well-crafted guttural vocals from guest musician Török, alongside the lead vocalist's voice, which adds power to the explosion of rhythms in this track. This is all while maintaining the high production quality of the material they are creating through their hard work.
The Age of Dread achieves something remarkable, considering their musical tastes. This band conveys something different from what you'd expect from an established group. They make their style of music feel natural, delivering bursts of outrageous riffs while simultaneously maintaining a dynamic tempo with energetic shifts in their melodies. It's like they create a euphoric atmosphere that shakes your senses at precisely the right moment. So I can say with certainty that Noize Blade is a metal band you can't miss. Follow them on social media because there will be more music from them in the near future, and hopefully, they'll also sign with a record label to help further promote their music.
Featured songs: When Hatred Comes, Black Arteries, Beyond Promises, Warmonger.
Noize Blade Line-up:
Hámori András - Bass/Vocals
Jurinka Peter - Lead Guitars/Scream Vocals
Kerekes Krisztián - Guitars
Csejtei Gábor - Drums.
Guest/Session:
Török "Hoangnam" Csaba - Guttural Vocals and Lyrics Tracks 3, 5.
FFO: Vio-Lence Offical Page, Condition Critical, Violator, Strike Master.
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