Review by Felix on December 12, 2021.

Terrordome convinced me with their recent output Straight Outta Smogtown and so I decided to add Machete Justice to my collection as well. Of course, going backwards in the discography of a group is always a double-edged thing. On the one hand, you want to listen to an even better album than the one that made you curious, on the other hand no one likes a downward trend from the older to the newer album. Terrordome solve this situation in a pretty Solomon-like way. Straight Outta Smogtown is the better release, but its predecessor holds some fine outbursts as well.

Generally speaking, Terrordome do all the things a young thrash band likes to do – and nothing else. Experiments, detours or delays are unknown in their universe. They set their energy free by shooting off their riffs into the audience, they beat a lot of drum kits into perdition and the lead vocalist screams his lyrics without falling victim to hysteria. Sometimes a few hardcore vibes appear (especially in view of the shouted background vocals), but most of the time the Polish wrecking crew brews pure thrash metal. Freaks who follow Municipal Waste or Gama Bomb will enjoy the sonic and the quite humorous note of the lyrics. At least if we forget the ridiculous band pics in the booklet.

Due to obviously good song-writing skills, the material can be described as pretty mature, coherent and fairly catchy. It goes without saying that tracks like 'Crocodile' with a playtime of 96 seconds do not challenge Watchtower songs in terms of complexity, but pieces like 'Nocturnal Emission' with delicate lyrics (“The phallus is rising… she’s begging for action, some hard f**k-reaction”) weren’t created in order to deliver a musical math exam. They unleash a proper celebration of acoustic violence, no more, no less. Maybe there are a few parts on the album which are going nowhere, but they remain an exception. Instead, the band is able to deliver three extremely convincing tracks in a row. 'Favourite Sport: Mosh' takes no prisoners and the funnily titled 'Italian Stallion' hits the same note. Nobody can deny the band's will to entertain themselves and others in the best possible way and their approach reaches its peak in 'Back To The ‘80s'. It’s another incredibly fast-paced song, but its chorus shines with 10% more catchiness than the other tunes. Every single tone enriches this jewel and at the latest here doom fans realize that they bet on the wrong horse. But it’s never too late to convert!

What’s left to say? The sound is brilliant. It conveys the power and energy of the music excellently. Due to the fact that my copy has been released by Pest Productions, I can also listen to a short Exodus medley. 'Low Rider', 'Braindead' and 'Blacklist' appear with different lyrics. Maybe one day I travel to Poland and ask the band why they did not like the original lyrics. Either way, the album clocks in at 32:56 minutes and everybody with a weakness for carefree thrash at the speed of light should give it a chance.

Rating: 7.8 out of 10