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Tempered (Scotland) Greenwashed EP review and interview By Mark Jenkins

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Tempered is an absolutely phenomenal hardcore thrash band from Glasgow, Scotland. They recently dropped this incredible 6 track EP and it is sensationally catchy and impressive. The vibe and influences I hear is a perfect melting pot of old school thrash like peak Kreator and Exodus meets the crossover greatness of The Accused, S.O.D. and Nuclear Assault. For a debut EP, it's pretty accomplished, production is meaty as fuck and these bastards are really great players. Plus the vocals real top it off, a brilliant raging style with droplets of punk infused with heavy thrash and even early death metal. Astonishing as hell. Favorite tracks; Monotonous(ironic as fuck as the song is diverse and gripping) with its amazing riffs and pure impact vocals, Material Illness(lyrically the best track I can recall in ages across multiple genres) and Inversion were my faves, but there is literally not a nanosecond of weakness here, It's actually crushed most major label bands releases fo...