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Judgment Hammer – ‘Arbiter of fate’ – Full-length - 2009

Most of the songs featured on this first album from the band were also part of their previous demos. I had an interview and reviews of them in my very first issue, since I am, or was, friend with Jared (vocal and guitar), but kind of lost contact. They worked on ‘Arbiter…’ almost two years and reached out for the glory with ten thrash hymns, sounding very old-school and tasty. It might not keep you entertained the whole time, but if you a real thrash fan you would like this. There are heavy guitar playing and cool solos, and with the rest of the components sound very tight, even though the album was self-recorded. From artistic aspect, it’s not that’s totally new or original, or complicated… Yet, it is a calm thrash album. Why calm? Well, that’s a part that I missed here, ‘cos I just couldn’t feel the spark in any song. Maybe the MOMENTS were an energy should’ve been felt were wrongly conducted, but it’s no big deal. ‘No surrender’ is the shortest song (4:53) here, and the whole damn full-length lasts over 59 minutes. You decide if that’s good or wrong, anyway, the guys are still playing and are spreading their fan-base, so become one of them by reaching the album directly from the band at the following contacts!  

Band: Judgment Hammer, 938 Porter Hill Road, Stevensville, MT 59870, US; [email protected]