This isn’t just a blaze of glory this is a Molotov cocktail the size of a five-gallon bucket. The politically-charged opening duo of “I Am the State” and “Give Me Liberty … or Give Me Death” set a tone of youthful rebellion that threads the album’s 10 tracks, and surges through a hopped-up reading of Black Sabbath’s “Children of the Grave.” And just as fiercely as Havok opens the album, they take a bow with the title track, a speedy, blistering riff workout. Unnatural Selection, the band’s third long-player on Candlelight Records, feels like that wild moment when the party gets dangerous and threatens to spiral out of control.
Boasting a feel that recalls Among the Living-era Anthrax (among other genre cornerstones), but with technicality that eclipses their predecessors, they are keeping the circle pits swirling with a fury that recalls the genre’s halcyon days. Few metal acts today channel the early days of thrash better than Havok.
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