Ultimatum – Into the Pit (Release Year – 2007)
If Thrash Metal is your thing, Ultimatum has released a record that you must seek out!
Ultimatum is a Christian thrash metal band that has been around since 1992. Don’t let the Christian thing fool you! This is 100% pure heavy metal.
Into the Pit features the razor sharp vocals of Scott Waters. His style may not be for everyone, but extreme metal fans are likely going to love this. His style is almost Death Metal like, but unlike many singers who fall into the cookie monster trap, you can understand the lyrics. At times, Waters often reminds me of Mike Muir from Suicidal Tendencies. Often Into the Pit is a heavy record, that compares sonically to 80′s thrash metal. Fans of bands like Overkill, Testament and some early Metallica, may find something to sink their teeth into here.
On Into the Pit, the guitars are fierce, the lyrics and vocals are intense, and the drum beats are driving and sometimes insanely fast.
I don’t recall any recent albums of this style being this good. Retroactive Records has found one hell of a band with Ultimatum. My favorite cuts on this disc are Heart of Metal, Into the Pit and Game Over. This isn’t usually the style of music that I listen to on a regular basis, but when I want to hear some new thrash metal, I will be grabbing for Ultimatum’s Into The Pit.
Buy Into the Pit and Play it Loud! For more information on Ultimatum, check out their myspace page.
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
- One for All
- Exonerate
- Deathwish
- Blood Covenant
- Heart of Metal
- Wrathchild
- Transgressor
- Blink
- Blind Faith
- Into the Pit
- Game Over
Ultimatum is:
Scott Waters-Vocals
Robert Gutierrez-Guitar
Rob Whitlock-Bass
Alan Tuma-Drums
Interesting. Didn’t know about that one.
I totally agree…this disc is superb. I love their cover of Maiden’ Wrathchild. Heart of Metal should totally be on Guitar Hero 4!
Scott Waters has an awesome website reviewing almost every metal album ever released at http:///www.nolifetilmetal