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Reedycja 2026 kultowego albumu 'The Kindred' brytyjskiej formacji PARIAH to obowiązkowa pozycja dla fanów technicznego thrash metalu, nierozerwalnie związanego z dziedzictwem legendarnych grup Satan oraz Skyclad.
Reedycja 2026 przywraca blask tej zapomnianej perle brytyjskiego grania, łącząc drapieżność riffów z unikalną, mroczną melodyką charakterystyczną dla muzyków z Newcastle.


Satan's evolution finally came to an end here with this moniker, Pariah. What they were going for with Suspended Sentence released under part of Satan's legacy, could definitely be seen as a hint to the direction they'd take as Pariah. That raspy, ill-tempered, aggressive Michael Jackson (indeed) is still here on vocals and these guys really wanted to tear things apart with this release. Yet again, the main lineup here is entirely the same from Satan and Blind Fury (vocalists aside). Simply put, I think you could easily say they took Suspended Sentence's interesting idea of "heavy NWOBHM meets thrash" and basically focused on being even more aggressive this time.

I might be throwing out the obvious here again, but if you're new to Pariah or perhaps Satan and Blind Fury, familiarize yourself with the fact that guitarists Russ Tippins and Steve Ramsey are truly an insane duo. Both have a lot of character to their own styles and at the same time, they manage to blend in everything together perfectly. For the most part with The Kindred here their guitar work is pretty thrashy and extremely melodic. Then out of nowhere those classy NWOBHM solo's, dual harmonies, and majestic melodies come into play all over the place and they manage to make it work incredibly well in between the thrashy antics. The solo's on this album are just something you'd probably never expect to hear on something overly thrashy. Just more proof these guys are definitely creative and highly skillful I'd say.

The production and mix seems to be an improvement over Suspended Sentence, which wasn't bad at all or anything but here the guitars tend to have more of a sharper edge, Jackson's vocals are constantly in the clear and never overpowered by anything else, and overall there's just more of a tougher vibe surrounding this. Everything is pretty damn heavy. Jackson again likes to throw out some rough screams around the place that oddly remind me of Eric Adams, (maybe after he swallowed a little bit of lava or something). While Tippins and Ramsey are really out there in a realm of their own, there's great performances again by Graeme English on bass and Sean Taylor on drums. Overall you've got a whole package of virtuous musicians here that really mastered the beauty of balance.

The Kindred tends to be a little straightforward for the most part but they certainly stir things up with the crazy solo's that are easily a highlight on every single track. The riffs and rhythms as I kind of stated above are very melodic and catchy, not too experimental or odd. But when it comes to some buildups, rhythm changes, and the start of solo's, you'll be pitted in tons of unique originality. Overall The Kindred sticks to its "heavy NWOBHM meets thrash" formula with every track being pretty fast and aggressive. It's a bit hard to explain I guess, you could say the album is a bit more predictable compared to some of their other works but at the same time you just really have to hear how they interestingly play things out. I also think it's really cool that there's a handful of tracks off this that probably could've stemmed from early Satan around their Court In The Act era. Basically, if you took some of these tracks like The Rope, Foreign Bodies, Inhumane, etc, and slowed them down a bit, cleared out the guitar tone, put someone more clean on vocals like former Brian Ross, you'd probably end up with some classy NWOBHM tunes. They've even got those shouts in the background from the other members which was definitely popular in some NWOBHM (hey and then thrash?). Towards the end of the album things do seem to get a bit experimental with tracks like Icons of Hypocrisy and Shows Your Face. The instrumental La Guerra is really great, it's like a sequel to 92nd Symphony from Satan!

In the end, I think one of the biggest highlights for me here is Scapegoat - this song just dominates with amazing riffs and leads, easily one of the more aggressive and darker numbers as well. After a little short dramatic segment (where Jackson actually sounds great with some softer clear vocals) the song completely explodes, an insane twin guitar attack shreds things apart while everyone in the background is going pretty over the top themselves. All the songs that contain solo's like this, where the drums and bass are going crazy at the same time are probably my other favorites like Inhumane, Killing For Company, and Promise of Remembrance. I do have to say the slower soothing leads on Icons of Hypocrisy stand out quite a bit too. Either way, all the solo's here are pretty phenomenal but I think you get the point already! All in all, this is really unique stuff. Everyone knows thrash was somewhat born from NWOBHM, but I think a lot of bands with their earlier releases wanted those influences to be a bit subtle. Not with The Kindred here, Pariah wanted this to literally be "thrashy NWOBHM" and they really made it work. Fans of both thrash and the tougher NWOBHM stuff out there should definitely check this out. Their next release Blaze of Obscurity would prove to be even more creative, not quite as aggressive as this one but it is a little superior I'd say. It's something you really can't classify at all. Satan, Blind Fury, and Pariah all typically made up of the same core members definitely created some timeless and unique heavy metal.

Xeogred



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Gerrymander
2. The Rope
3. Scapegoat
4. Foreign Bodies
5. (La Guerra) Inhumane
6. Killing For Company
7. Icons Of Hypocrisy
8. Promise Of Remembrance
9. Disciples Anonymous



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Michael Jackson - Vocals
Graeme English - Bass
Russ Tippins - Guitars
Steve Ramsey - Guitars
Sean Taylor - Drums



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