VERDALACK are prepared to take over the underground with violence and force: enter "Force From the Grave", their full-length debut. Comprising eight hard-charging songs across a fun & frantic half-hour, "Force From the Grave" approximates its namesake through a laser-focused mindset and soundfield. All stylistic nuances of idiomatic speed metal are covered and then taken to overdriven, totally OTT levels - an idiosyncratic quirk of Japanese musicians when it comes to otherwise-Western music - much in the way that the cult Tokyo Yankees did with their own debut album, 1991's classic Do the Dirty. As such, the album soon nods to Japan's legendary Burning Spirits scene in its synthesis of teeth-gnashing intensity laced with extremely impeccable chops; just witness the myriad melodic leads across "Force From the Grave" and how crucial (and contagious) each one is. But, songwriting rules supreme with VERDALACK, and the quintet put those chops in service of locomotive propulsion that's anthemic and interesting in equal measure. Classics-minded but exuding an authentically fresh approach, VERDALACK's "Force From the Grave" will throttle maniacs of Jag Panzer to Japan's Bastard, Exciter to GISM, and Piledriver to Deathside. The Tokyo Speed Metal Forces are on the attack!