'Max Raptor' opens with 'Keep The Peace' and from the start, aggressive drums and punk rock riffs kick in. Tuneful is another word you wouldn't associate with Max Raptor with lead vocalists Wil Ray fluctuating between a football chant and post-hardcore growls through each song..
From the start to the album closer 'Last Words', this album is nothing but in your face and aggressive. Boisterous in the extreme, listening to the album at times feels as if you're being serenaded by an angry drunk man on a cold wet Midlands night. This certainly gives it its own unique charm but one that echoes some of the UK's best punk. Vocally it reflects that of the fast spitting style of Million Dead while musically it brings forward flashes of Drenge and glimpses of The Blackout.
The highlights of the album have to be the songs released before the album release - 'Old Romantics', 'Big Divide' and 'Damage Appreciation'. 'Damage Appreciation', especially, is the ear-worm of the album with a danceable bassline and a chanting chorus. This is surely Max Raptor's most complete sounding material so far, fitting nicely into the progression of their work by becoming more aggressive but musically more polished than previous outings.
'Max Raptor' is UK punk rock at its finest - loud, unapologetic and in your face.
7.5/10
-Luke
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