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Reedycja 2024 debiutanckiego albumu Belgów z TARGET - Mission Executed. Old school speed / thrash metal!!!



You bet they did, and they even went way beyond the bullseye with the exquisite sophomore which brought all the chaos, both within and without, in unquenchable turmoil the guys finding their rightful place at the very top of the progressive/technical thrash movement right beside their compatriots Mekong Delta and Sieges Even with just a single album…

or so I thought initially misled by other metalheads until I found out later that the band were not Germans, but Belgians, and that they actually had another opus released earlier, the one reviewed here. No information about the style on that one anywhere, but my expectations were high, naturally; after all, we have an executed mission here, not a failed one.

The mission begins in “… The Andes”, of all places, with the short concrete blitzkrieger which establishes the dominant trend, vicious energetic Germanic speed/thrash modelled after the exploits of Darkness, Necronomicon, and early Deathrow the main difference coming from the vocal department where the guy acquits himself with both a cleaner more attached and spiteful, spat-out timbre. The assault is pretty much uninterrupted and this effort would be paradise for the headbangers who will also marvel at the lead guitarist’s dexterity the man providing not very long but effective screamy pyrotechnics all around. The guys gather more courage towards the end and summon the spirits of Helloween and Scanner for a rousing speed metal fiesta on “The Gathering”, the possible highlight here although both the only more technical exercise “Under Dominion (Of Death)” and the stylish diverse instrumental “Death Blow” are close contenders.

No, this project wasn’t anywhere near as masterful as the subsequent one, but the guys had their fun by emulating the feats of their German neighbours, quite faithfully at that, covering a wide gamut of influences from over there, not messing it up in the process, even managing to pass for Germans in some circles, probably cause they also signed with Ralph Hubert, the Aaarrg Records owner and the Mekong Delta mainman, who snatched the guys on the strength of the 1986 demo of the same title. Mentioning the demo, it contained five tracks neither of which found a place on the album here which was a pity as some of the material from it was clearly superior.

I’m not sure how deep Hubert got involved during the recording process the second time around, but the metamorphosis witnessed was just enormous, this “Master Project…” again being a milestone in the annals of progressive/technical metal all these years, coinciding with the miraculous transformations of other outfits like Living Death, Deathrow again, Destruction, etc. Yes, the time was quite propitious for such skin shedding the scene getting filled with more or less paralleled masterpieces coming from all sides, all those hitting the bullseye, or very close to it, raising the level of musical proficiency inordinately high.

I doubt if our friends here got scared of the swiftly-growing competition as they terminated their activities mere two years later. They refused to take any other missions, neither from Hubert nor anyone else, seemingly content with this fine double they produced, one which got beaten eventually by their compatriots Chemical Breath a few years later, but one that remains an early testimony of bravery and adventurism on Belgian soil, and not only… I mean, who else has dared to start their career from a treacherous, hazardous place like the Andes?

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..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Mission To The Andes 3:25
2. Hordes Of Insanity (Noises - Fuzz) 5:12
3. They Walk In Front 4:58
4. Warriors Of The Holy One 4:45
5. Nuclear Waste 3:37
6. The Gathering 4:57
7. Under Dominion 5:03
8. Death Blow 3:34



..::OBSADA::..

Vohan - Bass
Christ - Drums
Lex - Guitars
Franky - Guitars
Guy (R.I.P. 2025) - Vocals



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