‘Dawn Of The End’ Tracklisting
01. After The Dark
02. Silenced By Death
03. Screams of The Night
04. Fall From Grace
05. Revelations Of Good And Evil
06. Signals Of Infection
07. Dawn Of The End
08. Sinister Thoughts
09. Welcome To The Plague
10. Vanishing Point
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The Bay area’s thrash metal maniacs Hatchet released a brutal single from their new album Dawn Of The End due out March 5th on The End Records. Hatchet’s sound rides somewhere between the racing, driven sound of classic thrash metal (think old Metallica and Megadeth, Anthrax, Sacred Reich, Testament, etc.) and 90’s hardcore (Agnostic Front, Biohazard, Sick Of It All).
Crushingly precise and technically flawless, Hatchet brought that blood pumping, feverish thrash energy back to the forefront of the metal scene with their debut album Awaiting Evil. Now with their Dawn Of The End, they have come back to slay fake metal with their razor sharp sound. If you like your metal fierce and thrashing, pick this one up and check it out.
The quartet’s sophomore work is a huge step forward in precise aggression, performance, songwriting and production. Having recently confirmed The End Records as the band’s new home the band and label want to share a new song from the album, “Fall From Grace”, in addition to Dawn of the End’s cover, as illustrated by All Things Rotten (Children of Bodom, Eluvetie, Amon Amarth).
“Fall From Grace” was chosen as the first preview track off Dawn of the End. This song is about the fall of Lucifer from heaven as the fable goes. Lucifer was struck down by God for taking a stand against him leading to what we now know as Satan and Hell; that is if you believe in that sort of thing.
The cover art of Dawn of the End was meant to depict and signify the title of the album in one picture. It’s the end of all mankind — a total apocalypse. This could be depicted In many ways, but to us this might be a scene from the end of the world with Death summoning demons to rise from their slumber and ascend unto our world and destroy it completely. I’ve just always been a fan of apocalyptic scenes. Very metal!” laughs Julz.
Track to track Hatchet’s new album pack’s a serious punch and doesn’t back down. Even on the album’s one acoustic track “Revelations Of Good And Evil” the mood, tone, and proficiency of the song writing create a track worthy of repeated listens. Thrash is trash, and it either totally rips or totally sucks. Undoubtedly, Hatchet is totally ripping it up.