PRESTIGE Reveal the Ravage | Weekly Heavy Metal Album Review

Released by Massacre Records on August 13th, 2021

Quick Background

Prestige is one of the oldest and the most established thrash metal bands in Finland. In January 1989 the debut album by the quartet  Attack Against Gnomes was released. The band had lived fast, toured extensively and had released three albums in less than 4 years! Then they took a break, a long one and since 2020 are active releasing singles. Now we finally get the full album.

Reveal the Ravage

The comeback albums features 10 no non-sense thrash metal bombs. It clocks in at 44 minutes. No frills or bells and whistles, just high tempo songs around the 4 minute mark. The album sounds modern and the production is clear, but the attitude and music writing are old school thrash metal. It does remind me of a more aggressive version of the German band Rage, specially the vocals. Also Prestige uses a lot of gang vocals. "Blessed Be" is a clear example but really it's in almost every song. "You Weep" has even a 'hey hey hey' that sounds just like Ramones. With that said, this is one of the coolest songs on the album. Very nice groove and guitar work. The longest song  on the album "Prime Time" closes Reveal the Ravage with a different touch. 

The Picky Guy

While this is fun and well written record, there's nothing new. It will be certainly fun to see Prestige live, but I don't see myself going back to this album very often. Also I am not a big fan of the over usage of gang vocals which here happens in almost every single song.  

Wrap Up Opinion 

Prestige delivers straightforward classic thrash metal sound from the 80's. If that's all you are looking for, then here you won't be disappointed. On the other hand it's impossible to differentiate Reveal the Ravage from countless thrash albums on the same style. With a 76/100, the album felt just short to be be considered a good album. So cautiously give it a try. 

SCORE: 76/100

Genre: Thrash Metal

Released by Massacre Records on August 13th, 2021

Rating System

99 - 100 Perfect
94 - 98 Excellent
87 - 93 Great
82 - 86 Very Good
77 - 81 Good
66 - 76 Mixed
58 - 65 Bad

wordcount = 333