Sculpture - Spiritual Matrix

First off, this is not the Sculpture from Portugal or wherever; these guys are from The Netherlands. This Sculpture play an angry style of late '80s thrash. Their ten compositions on _Spiritual Matrix_ are admittedly a bit simplistic, but powerful nonetheless. Could it be that they are just playing the music that they enjoy, instead of playing what everyone claims is "relevant"? I believe that is the case here, because these songs are played with conviction, and a lot of it. I can't justify slamming a band for playing thrash, unless of course it is of poor quality, because I still listen to quite a bit of it myself, 1999 or not. That said, on to the music. Sculpture's two guitarists employ very skilful riffing, and have a good handle on harmonies and counter melodies, complementing each other and the songs a great deal. All the songs contain great guitar solos and actually all of the band should be commended for good performances all around.

1. "A Contamplation of David"
2. "Sodom"
3. "No Liberation"
4. "Spiritual Matrix"
5. "No Respect"
6. "Scoring"
7. "Dawn of Eternity"
8. "Grinding Sacrifice"
9. "Death to Death"
10. "Twilight Traps"

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