TORRENTIAL THRILL Nothing As It Seems (2017) CD

Australian hard rock that actually sounds like it means it. Torrential Thrill came out of the local scene with a blunt, no-frills approach to heavy music at a time when most domestic acts were chasing trends rather than riffs.

Nothing As It Seems (2017) sits comfortably in that lineage of Australian hard rock that owes more to the pub circuit than to polished studio artifice, equal parts grunt and hooks, the kind of record that sounds better loud and worse through earbuds. Worth picking up for supporters of the local alternative and heavy music scene.

Format: CD, full-length album. Released 2017. Country of origin: Australia.