Review by Greg on July 10, 2023.

At the time of writing, New World Murder is Rezet's latest release, and their last EP of a good streak, following the excellent and extremely pissed off You Asked for It. I must say, they seem to really know what's the true sense (at least according to yours truly) of these minor releases, which isn't to merely tease some songs that will later appear on the subsequent LP, thus rendering the EP itself useless and redundant, but to provide the fans with something exclusive. Of course, this approach can be somewhat of a double-edged sword since, according to the quality of these four tracks, it could be either a quality or a lazy way to recycle the recording sessions' leftovers.

New World Murder lies somewhere in between these two extremes. Of course I'm not implying that some of these songs were left out from latest LP Truth in Between, but Rezet don't sound as inspired (or belligerent, for that matter) as on You Asked for It. The formula is the same though, with three originals and a cover. Starting from the latter, it's simply my all-time favourite Deep Purple song ('Fireball'), and it's decently faithful, if heavier, but I struggle to get over the fact that the refrain sounds off-key. First two songs don't immediately impress, either, 'The Devil's Bride' being an incredibly old school gallop, and 'Alien Noises' a more direct, muscular midtempo number. I guess what really saves the EP is the third track, 'Dead End Walking', which returns to the band's rather eclectic style made of sudden tempo changes and numerous leads, with a perfect melodic chorus to boot. Not quite at the level of 'Dying by the States', arguably their best song ever, but alarmingly close.

To sum up, what we have here is one song I really hope to find again on the next Rezet LP's tracklist, even if that might go against the band's modus operandi. The rest is a decent addition to their now vast repertoire, but won't raise many eyebrows. For fans only.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10