Nailed Promise
Realize
Reviewed by Brian Vincent McGovern
Thick, solid guitar riffs eat this thin silver disc, chew it up, and spit it out with the precision of a Swiss timepiece and the weight of a Caterpillar dump truck. Aggro-rock at its bone-jarring best, Nailed Promise kicks the devil's behind and takes no prisoners. Abrasion is all over the vocalists' confirmation, "I will not waiver, I will not fail / God is the reason I stand up tall." The only problem is that, while the aforementioned guitar riffs are impressive, they get a bit repetitive. You'd think the guitarist would get bored, playing the same riff over and over again for 3 minutes straight. Otherwise, a solid record.
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