These British thrashers were ignored in the early days and certainly not taken seriously by the time 'Power From Hell' (which I actually liked) hit the racks with its stuffy gloom. This record boasted a different vocalist to 'Power...' which was more of a punky death metal affair but 'The Force' is a dense, solid thrash record assaulting the eardrums and all posers with its metal messages of hope of despair, mainly in the form of 'Let There Be Death', the wails of 'Fight With The Beast' and the murky 'Flame Of The Antichrist'. Although there are only seven tracks on the opus, most weigh in at over six-minutes and will certainly provide a majority of thrashers with a feel that was produced on Slayer's 'Show No Mercy'. 'The Force' is an understated record, but it's symbolic in its imagery and actually not as turgid a listen as one would expect, so, as the band say on their final track, "Thrash Til Death".
6.5/10
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