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Toxik się reaktywował i od jakiegoś czasu dochodzą mnie pogłoski o nowym albumie. Nie wiem, czy powinienem się z tego cieszyć — 24 lata poza biznesem to jednak sporo — bo doświadczenie pokazuje, że mało który zespół wychodzi z konfrontacji z czasem obronną ręką. W pełnym napięcia oczekiwaniu na rozwój wydarzeń można jednak śmiało sięgnąć po jedno z dzieł wcześniejszych, a mianowicie Think This. Zmian w muzyce za wiele nie ma, co akurat nie przeszkadza, i całość w dalszym ciągu na kilometr jedzie szybkim, melodyjnym, a zarazem technicznym thrashem. Me gusta! Coś niecoś się jednak pozmieniało, bo dodano klawisze (których akurat specjalnie nie słychać) i skorzystano z usług innego gardłowego, a mianowicie Charlesa Sabina, który okazał się znajomkiem muzyków, a poza tym wirtualnie nie istnieje. Mimo tego radzi se chłopina wybornie i wyśpiewuje swoje partie z niesamowita mocą, pasją i zadziornością. Klasą samą w sobie jest utwór pt. „Spontaneous”, w którym wspina się na wyżyny swoich talentów i umiejętności. Nie zawodzi oczywiście Josh Christian, który robi z gitarą rzeczy tak niesamowite, że najbardziej hard-core’owi jogini mogliby się poczuć zawstydzeni. Tak po prawdzie, to w każdym z utworów zapodaje, na spółkę z Johnem Donnellym (nowym nabytkiem dla zagęszczenia materiału), mniej lub bardziej rozwalające zagrywki, wśród których mi najbardziej podchodzą te z „WIr NJn8/In God” oraz „Machine Dream”. Ponownie – klasa sama w sobie. Mam jednak nieodparte wrażenie, ze krążek wchodzi nieco trudniej niż debiut, nie jest tak klarowny, więcej w nim udziwnień i połamanych struktur, mniej natomiast spójności. Globalnie patrząc „World Circus” podchodzi mi bardziej, aczkolwiek Think This potrafi nie schodzić z tapety przez długie dni, pod warunkiem oczywiście, że się na owej tapecie pojawi. I w tym upatruje właśnie główną bolączkę wydawnictwa – łatwiej mi sięgnąć po inne. Niemniej jednak Think This jest albumem bardzo dobrym, oferującym mnóstwo najwyższej próby gitarowych zagrywek i potrafiącym przytrzymać przy playerze przez długie godziny – a wszak o to w muzyce chodzi. Można więc śmiało rozbić skarbonkę i zakupić rzeczony album.

deaf


Months back I was searching for a band that contained helium high pitched clean vocals, fast intense technical guitar riffs and political/social issues lyrics.

I have found it! One has to sit there and think why is this band practically unknown? This album was made by geniuses and it's the closest to perfection you can get. Even the whole idea behind the music (although some may not agree) but to me this is far from fantasy I literally think these guys spoke the truth as far as the politics and problems with society goes. Also the production in my opinion is almost spot on, the guitar leads lack that crunchy warm sound that we all like, it sounds cold and like it's played in echo. But I guess if you're going to aim for the classical lightning fast playing it is perfect.

The vocals are what I dig the most on this album, Charles Sabin really has a great range. When you listen carefully you can tell he doesn't force it. In fact it sounds like his voice comes out easily with no effort, yet at the same time very powerful. He uses both cheat and head voice or mixed voice. He can make his head register sound almost identical to his chest voice which is really amazing and difficult to do. The vocals really don't sound thrash metal, in fact it sounds more like a hair metal vocalist joined a thrash metal band, but it is perfect for this album and it's what I really was looking for.

The instrumentation is absolutely incredible, the guitar riffs are absolutely amazing. Try learning a riff like the one in Machine Dream, I dare you. If you're a somewhat good guitar player it will take you months to learn. I wonder if Josh Christian and John Donnelly both created the riffs together or if Josh created them and then showed them to John. Either way they are awesome. I often think that Josh Christian is the most underrated guitarist in metal history. Every time I meet someone who has heard of Toxik they say Josh Christian is one of the best metal guitarist they have even heard. The leads are beyond amazing, It's every guitarists dream to reach Christian's level. Every song contains an amazing long guitar solo sometimes even a little acoustic classical guitar break here and there. Josh Christian pretty much mixes every style of playing possible in his solos, classical, blues scales, jazz you name it, puts them all together with extreme accuracy and speed yet at the same time not too exaggerated. In other words his playing is very technical and technically perfect. The bass playing always gets over shadowed by the guitar and drums but if you're a bass playing you'll love Brain Bonini's playing. Awesome technical bass playing that even sometimes when the guitar does a few fast notes between beat signatures the bass notes follow the guitar at exact speed which is amazing. Tag Leger's drum playing is very intense fast and technical, the perfect drummer for this album in my opinion, lots of strange beat signatures and awesome double bass drumming thrown it.

If you like highly technical thrash metal with awesome helium high vocals this is a must have. No this is a must have for every metal fan. NO better yet! this is a must have for music fans in general. This is the closest to perfection you can get.

VinnieDaBeast



This album here is one of the few albums that is absolutely perfect and nothing can change that. It is perfect from start to finish with amazing technical skill on all on the instruments, especially the guitar. The guitarist, Josh Christian, is an underrated guitar god and quite possibly the best guitarist in all of thrash metal. This album is full of great solos and amazing riffs with a great jazzy vocalist. The old advertisements and other voices used on this album are pure genius and gives this album perfect flow.

The album starts off with the title track, "Think This", which features a very creative and melodic entrance that you hear again on the last track "Think That". The transition between tracks is excellent because when it goes to a new track it makes the sound of changing the channel on an old tv set. My favorite track on the album "War NJN8/ In God" because of its amazing entrance, though all the entrances on the album are incredible, but this track starts with an emotional solo and then transfers to some great riffage backed Sabin's amazing voice. The best guitar solo on the album would have to either be the solo in "Black and White" or the one in "Machine Dream" because both of those solos make my jaw drop every time I hear them. However, there is also the amazing acoustic moment of "Shotgun Logic" that is slow yet so emotional and perfect.

As I have said before, this album is perfect. You will hear a lot of neo-classical shred-style solos on this album along with great technical thrash riffing with powerful bass and drums to back it up, therefore making this album a must-have for any lover of thrash or guitar.

606thecliff



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Think This
2. Greed
3. Spontaneous
4. There Stood The Fence
5. Black and White
6. Technical Arrogance
7. WIr NJnB/In God
8. Machine Dream
9. Out On The Tiles
10. Shotgun Logic
11. Time After Time
12. Think That



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John Donnelly - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals (backing)
Brian Bonini - Bass, Keyboards, Vocals (backing)
Charles Sabin - Vocals
Tad Leger - Drums, Vocals (backing)
Josh Christian - Guitars, Vocals (backing)




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