Act Iii - Death Angel

Another early nineties thrash metal album that seems ashamed to be thrash in the wake of the debilitating grunge explosion, 'Act III' is an entirely mediocre offering from Death Angel. Mark Osegueda's vocals are still powerful in their medium range, but the rest of the music takes a severe downturn in its half-hearted attempts at mainstream acceptance while retaining a semblance of heaviness, the latter only being accomplished in a handful of songs such as 'Stagnant' and parts of 'Seemingly Endless Time' before it wimps out. The worst offenders are the terrible acoustic ballads 'Veil of Deception' and 'A Room With a View,' the first of which sounds so ...  Read the complete review