Perfect Chaos
The Eightbound Five

November 2007
Released: 2007, CFTN Distribution
Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewer: Luxi Lahtinen

It´s been 3 years since these Finnish modern (dea-)thrashers released their debut album, BREED HATE: SHEER FATE. On that release Perfect Chaos pretty much left a good impression of themselves about a band that has at least a thing or two in common with bands like The Haunted and Slayer. And that´s nothing to do with any negativity when talking about those two influential bands in question.



Perfect Chaos have read their road signs well as they still do follow Slayer´s and The Haunted´s footprints kinda determinedly on THE EIGHTBOUND FIVE. Not only the riffs and some of their other stuff throw a listener towards to Slayer or The Haunted´s direction, but also the band´s vocalist Ari has this strange (call it an inborn) tendency to sound like a cross between Slayer´s Araya and The Haunted´s Dolving. The best Araya-imitation is given in the opener track of the album, "Blind Horizon", in which Ari has obviously carefully marked how Mr. Araya spits his lungs out. His Dolving-type vocalism comes then more and more to the surface in the other songs, letting all his fury and anger out in such a way that somewhat perfectly supports the song´s aggressive and heavy nature. Comparing THE EIGHTBOUND FIVE to their debut release, I think this album comes across as being a bit heavier, probably slightly groovier and overall better executed than its predecessor. Altogether, THE EIGHTBOUND FIVE is a pretty entertaining package of modern thrash that many fans of such bands as The Haunted, Slayer, Meshuggah and the likes should find appealing enough for themselves. If you are a fan of those aforementioned names, then you just might give yourselves a try of Perfect Chaos, too.