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The riffs are heavy and the vocals are gritty. Actually, with the lyric sheet in hand I can understand what Rich is saying. Does that mean it's not heavy enough? Maybe. I'll let it slide. The lyrics seem to revolve around bleeding, blood, vampires, and exsanguination. Fun stuff.
- Metal Judgement
"The Forgotten Prayer picks up the thrash party where it left off. The tune is faster and heavier and has me windmilling my head, wishing I still hadn't cut off my hair for that damn day job! Definitely air guitars galore here for me"
- Rough Edge
"...Playing down-tuned metal with a good amount of groove and some worthy riffs that all hit below the belt(not to mention a viciously barked vocal style that fits them well) each of the tracks grind away at the ears capably in a style that should please fans of Demolition Hammer and Slayer."
- Metal Maniacs
Discography
Aggression (ep)
Here Comes The End (ep)
The Forgotten Prayer (ep)
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Orcus is a metal/thrash band from the Philadelphia area that started in 1993. Rich Books & Greg Allison are the founding members of the band along with Jesse Hoopes on guitar and Lou Branco on the drums.Orcus has shared the stage with many bands in the genre such as Testament, Machine Head, Overkill, Exodus, Hatebreed, Pro-Pain, Deicide,& Obituary just to name a few. They are currently in the studio recording their follow up to The Forgotten Prayer entitled Until We Meet Again to be released by Fall 2011.
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