Tenet - Sovereign (2009)

Although it was a long time coming any band featuring the talents of drum god Gene Hoglan and ex Exodus frontman was gonna be pretty formidable. Despite forming around 1996, 'Sovereign' from 2009 is the bands only record due tos everal set-backs. Even so this is a shredder of a record that will have any thrasher salivating at all orifices. Hoglan's drum boom is recognisable aywhere, as is Souza's paint-stripping rasp, couple that with crunching riffs and bone-breaking bass and you're onto a winner. For the most part 'Sovereign' is a high energy thrash assault, reaching its highest points with the venemous 'Take A Long Line', the short sharp shock of 'Watching You Burn' with its bay Area style moshing chug and the machine gun hyper thrash of 'Hail! Hail!' where Souza takes on demonic tones. Great stuff, thrash as it's meant to be. 8/10