ARMATA Destiny Awaits (2019) CD

Australian thrash doesn't get talked about enough outside of the country, which is exactly the kind of cultural oversight that Armata seem built to correct.

Melbourne's Armata arrived with Destiny Awaits in 2019 swinging hard in the tradition of the Bay Area and Teutonic thrash scenes they clearly grew up on, all tight riffing, locked-in rhythm section, and the kind of aggression that sounds like it was recorded by people with something to prove. For fans of the genre's golden era lineage, this is a local act worth knowing. Australian metal has always punched well above its weight, and Armata are part of that proud, noisy tradition. The kind of record that belongs in the collection next to your Kreator and Voivod LPs.

Format: Full-Length Album CD. Released 2019. Artist origin: Australia. Genre: Thrash Metal.

Fans of: Metallica, Megadeth, Newsted, Voivod, Kreator.