Founded in 1999, Scalpo is a brazilian Crossover Thrash Metal band from the capital of the state of Acre. They started as a Hardcore Punk band heavily influenced by bands like Ratos de Porão and Cólera, but as the time passed, they started to get more influences from Death and Thrash Metal, and since 2004 the band got all over the Crossover Thrash Metal outfit.
Since then, the band tried recording theur songs multiple times without success, but finally in 2019 the aand started the pre-production processe to record some songs and finally in this year of 2024, the band finally recorded their first EP called "No Fear".
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| vocalist Moisés Lima |
I saw some early recordings of the band playing at some festivals and it's clear that the band evolved a lot in terms of technique, pretty much breaking the barrier of Crossover Thrash and going straight to Death/Thrash Metal.
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| drummer João Paulus |
The band breaks their early Punk attitude using some mid tempo melodies but they are still kicking around with some bonebreaking Thrash Metal right here. It sounds like there are some influences of Torture Squad and Sepultura.
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| guitarrist Jardel Costa |
There isn't much to talk about the production right here, The guitars are all around, tight drums, aggressive vocal and the clanky bass which does not sound too buried in the mix, it's pretty apparent, like in the song "Pseudo Coletividade". The thrash-choirs could sound a little bit louder on the mix, but it's still on point.
The guitars it's probably the most important part around the song development in this album, the songs were re-written with a lot more of riffing, with a lot of breaks and mid tempo grooves. Back in the day they where much more like Hardcore Punk riffing.
20 minutes of pure Thrash Metal Ravage, my favorites here are "Pseudo Coletividade", "Chaos Protagonist" and "Vamos Quebrar". If you are a fan of Torture Squad, make sure you will check this EP.
Rating: 8/10
Tracklist:
01 - No Fear
02 - Pseudo Coletividade
03 - Bloody Tears
04 - Chaos Protagonist
05 - Vamos Quebrar
Members:
Moisés Lima - Vocals
Jardel Costa - Guitars
André Bandeira - Bass
João Paulus - Bateria
Heric - Session Bassist
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