You can tell it's Swiss and you can tell it's on the Noise Records roster because it's quality Euro-thrash metal, technical, dry, choppy, at times seemingly no thrills except in the technical wizardry of the musicianship, but its accomplished, somewhere between Voivod and Kreator, not quite as speedy or as fragmented or weird, bet genuinely captivating without being flamboyant. Coroner have stuck to their guns for years, constantly churning out quality metal, 'No More Color' displaying far more conventional qualities than their later records, but this smokes too.
Vocally, the tones are almost drowned amidst the frantic fretwork and complexities, but this stuff works, somehow, making Coroner one of those criminally underrated thrash acts who've always remained top of their game despite never reaching the headlines.
8/10
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