Review by Felix on February 7, 2022.

A demo from Sweden that wants to be “an homage to the early Teutonic thrash metal scene”? This sounds promising, but only until the first tones of the output set in. The four teenagers do not lack energy or aggressiveness and in terms of style, it is okay that they refer to the glorious German thrash metal big bang. Yet this is not enough to mess with the pioneers. Two things are missing, an ounce of individuality and emotions.

Yes, it might sound romantic to talk about emotions with regard to the early sounds of Kreator or Sodom. But the music of the eighties belongs to this decade and its primordial feeling, this sheer musical violence, cannot be reproduced, at least not by Eternal Evil. “Command…”, sorry, 'Stab Of The Blade' is a good black thrasher – energetic, straight, relatively catchy. Nevertheless, I am not quite sure whether it sounds authentic. Is this really the climax of creativity to copy the idols? Okay, in that early stage of a band’s evolution, it is natural that the music reflects the influences – but here it’s almost only influences and no (own) music anymore.

The wannabe atmospheric intro has been heard a hundred times before and more or less the same goes for the songs. They are simply constructed and velocity is written about them in big letters. The drilling, rasping and slicing guitars rule the mix which is okay for a demo, but pretty noisy as well. The averagely performing lead vocalist shouts an endless series of stereotypes into the imaginary crowd of thrash metal maniacs and after 14 minutes of adolescent brutality, I feel a big emptiness. On the one hand, the band has some talent and potential for more, on the other hand, I don’t know whether the guys are able to make good use of it. I am not speaking about the awkward bridge in Rise Of Death, but about the general mindset. If they have the courage to go their own way, they can become a cool addition to the thrash family.

Rating: 5.7 out of 10