Playing solid metal tunes and producing a never ending backend thunder of noise riven through with decent riffery last Stop China have produced an interesting ten track album that contains more then its fair share of playable metal tunes. As the album title states 'Into The Volcano', it really does feel like that you are standing in a volcano so much do the ornaments vibrate around the living room.

On occasion the gear change seems to get a bit clunky and the album is a bit rawer then you would find a big label mix but that doesn't make it any the worse for a listen, it actually sounds better with the volume tanked up as if the amount of air the speakers are moving somehow smoothes out the backend. The guitar work has good change while as mentioned the riffs are always interesting and vocally there is good balance with Alon Bentley on vocals showing that he can sing.

A decent album with quite a few tracks to watch out for, Rage Within for its guitar solo, 'Remnance' for its great riff, 'Voices' for its multiple riffs and dramatic flourish's. This is the bands first recording since a line up change and bodes well for their future..

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