X

Description

In the mid-1980s, the Danish band Artillery established themselves as being at the forefront of the thrash movement, and nearly forty years later, they continue to destroy. Returning with their tenth album, aptly titled X, they prove once again that they haven't lost their touch. X proves once again that they haven't missed a beat, delivering a relentlessly heavy, catchy, and pure molten record. “We wanted to have the typical Artillery trademarks, like the riffs and hooks in the usual combination, as well as the aggressiveness and melody. We always try to combine melodic thrash metal with elements from heavy sounds of the 70s and 80s, and this time with new elements in some songs,” says guitarist Michael Stützer. “We don't need to push ourselves to the limit when we write a record because we love what we do.” X was recorded at Medley Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark, with producer Søren Andersen, with whom the band has worked on every album since When Death Comes in 2009. In addition to his production work, Andersen contributed keyboards on "The Ghost Of Me," also adding some effects to other songs. The band also enlisted their drivers/roadies to provide backing vocals on four tracks.