01. Lord of Hate
02. Sonic Beatdown
03. Dethroned
04. Carnival Justice
05. Buried Alive
06. Soulless
07. The Noose
08. When Worlds Collide
09. God vs God
10. Steal the Crown
11. Resurrection Machine

I don’t know what your opinion would be about a bay area thrash metal release nowadays, in 2008, but I’m sure that, when it comes from Death Angel, you are more than curious! "Killing Season" is the new full-length album of the band and it is a slug in the face! Eleven songs of pure thrash metal, with modern production, bringing in mind thoughts of the past and hope for the future.
The album is a combination of the old and new thrash metal school, with the old school prevailing. We have to do with amazingly smashing guitar riffs in every single song, riffs that are shouting for energy and head banging! The work on the guitar solos declares technical skills and they have been put where, exactly, a song would need a solo in order to climax. No useless show off playing here! Mark Osegueda uses his excellent voice in an excellent way and the result is angry and breezy vocals to create an exploding feeling. The drumming, for one thing, is a bombardment of breaks, double bass and mid tempo rhythms, offering the best to the music without stealing the glory from the rest.
In case you are afraid that this album would make you feel bored, I assure you this isn’t going to happen! Quite the opposite, because of the HEAVY flavour it is possessed by, mixed with groove parts, this album will stay in your CD player for a long time! Actually, tracks like "Lord of Hate", "Dethroned" and "Steal the Crown" would be your daily soundtrack for the next months. "Killing Season" is definitely one of the releases that would be discussed a lot this year. Go check it out!

Rating: 9.5/10