Review by criscool623 on January 6, 2024.

Since I found out Dust Bold, I was not totally convinced with their music. It was ok, but I felt it lacked something to be interesting enough to be able to "compete" with other "new school" thrash bands out there (I know that music is not about competition, but I think that a little effort is needed to make attractive enough music to draw people's attention), and I think that is basically the main reason why I ignored this band for so long. In this time of quarantine, I finally decided to listen to them with more detail (taking advantage that the album had no reviews), and what do you think? I finally figured out why such a thing happened.

I'm totally convinced that it's easier to write a review from either a good or a bad album. If there are things that you hate, it's easiest to list the reasons why an album is repellent for you. On the other side, if you like an album enough, it will be easy to say the things that attracted you. This is not the case with "Trapped in Chaos", and let me explain myself.

I listened to this album about four times and I couldn't find anything that called my attention enough to highlight it. The instruments are ok, the sound and the production is excellent, but I think that is the least that you wait in a metal album at these times (more from first-world countries like Germany). The sound is good, but the music is empty. It has nothing to highlight nor to hate (excepting a pair of things that I will explain better below), and for me, that is the worst that can happen to an artist. Art is supposed to cause feelings, and pitifully, this is not the case with "Trapped in Chaos".

There are some interesting ideas. I felt that the band tried to incorporate more melodic stuff in their music (something notorious since the very first song's chorus), but this is not explored beyond in all the album. The most remarkable song in this aspect is "Another Day in Hell", as in addition that it's the most different song in all the album, it takes advantage of the melodic stuff it has to make a depressive and kind of dark atmosphere. but overall, the ideas are scarce and the album feels with no life.

There are not interesting riffs. They are very repetitive and it makes that the songs feel no special between each other. They are not necessarily bad, but I repeat, they neither are good, and there is nothing remarkable in them.

However, there are some other things that I genuinely hated. The vocals are flat. Totally inexpressive. Lenny Bruce's vocal style is plane, and as the album goes on, it becomes more boring and frustrating. Moreover, although most of the songs are not special at all, I really hated "Rhythm to My Madness"; If you are a guitar player, you will notice how simple is the main riff, just playing D, E and F repeatedly with little variations.

In the end, this is "Trapped in Chaos", an insipid and forgettable album in its majority with some other bad things that will make worse the experience of listening to it. The only song that I recommend is the last one, but apart from it, avoid it. I hope the band make something better in a future.

Rating: 3.5 out of 10