Alliance of Thieves Meshiaak 2016 Mascot Records Meshiaak are an Australian Heavy Metal band formed in 2014 featuring former Impellitteri drummer, Jon Dette and Dean Wells from Teramaze on the guitars. Meshiaak play a type of Heavy Metal that is akin towards Thrash Metal, however, there is more to Meshiaak with rhythms and grooves that can liken them more towards the Thrash end of Groove Metal. Alliance of Thieves is the debut studio album by Meshiaak and other than Dette and Wells, also features Nick Walker playing bass with Danny Camilleri also taking on guitar duties as well as the vocal duties. Meshiaak have a sound that would appeal to fans of Metallica and Slayer, whilst also towards Pantera and the likes of Machine Head. Meshiaak has chosen to produce Alliance of Thieves themselves with guitarist Wells at the helm, supported by vocalist Camilleri. Alliance of Thieves has an absolutely stellar sound with what sounds like big money behind Meshiaak, Alliance of Thieves would easily appeal to fans of Machine Head’s latest output with pounding blast beats, soaring harmonised vocals coupled with a deep melodic growl and twin guitar flurries that even Rob Flynn would be jealous of. The way that Wells and Camilleri have produced Walker’s bass sound to sound dominating and droning, yet melodic at the same time. In fact, the Machine Head influence is very strong throughout Alliance of Thieves and lyrically, Meshiaak stick within these boundaries. Alliance of Thieves is brimming with angry social observations focusing upon war, isolation, human insincerity and the wistful longing for a previous time. However, there are times with Alliance of Thieves where as talented as musicians as Meshiaak are, you can easily draw parallels between Alliance of Thieves and Machine Head’s 2011 album, Unto the Locust. This homage is most prominent in the final two tracks, the title track itself and Death of an Anthem. The former having overtones of the pre-chorus to Locust, whilst the latter is basically saddled with a bass riff that is eerily similar. Being pedantic aside, there are some very good songs on Alliance of Thieves, the opening track of Chronicles of the Dead will pull your face off and give you a huge dose of what Meshiaak are all about, whilst At the Edge of the World shows off Meshiaak’s raw talent with Last Breath Taken allowing Camilleri to deliver his vocals in a way that is reminiscent of Slayer. However, as decent as Alliance of Thieves is, a lot of the songs fail to stick and remain in your memory and it is only with playing the album itself where you can find yourself humming along. Meshiaak do have something on Machine Head though, at least Meshiaak know how to finish a song and don’t drag out a song to its death at 8-9 minutes plus like Machine Head do. Alliance of Thieves is a decent debut and great starting point for a band that sounds well and truly already bedded in. Alliance of Thieves sounds as good, if not better than their peers at times and would definitely appeal to fans of this genre and it will be interesting to see how Meshiaak follow this up. 6/10 Adam Drowning, Fading, Falling (Meshiaak)
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