Turbo
Last Warrior

In 1988, Noise Records released "Last Warrior" by Turbo, a Polish thrash band. From the very first listen, I realized that it was an album destined to become a classic of the genre, despite its difficult availability.

It's a powerful album, well-played and excellently produced for its time.

During those years, the genre had already begun to become saturated, with albums being released that were essentially identical to each other, sometimes shamelessly copying the sound of more renowned bands.

As a genre, we have a thrash sound, sometimes very intense, with various tempo changes, intriguing instrumental parts, and melodic interludes typical of the genre, all performed with remarkable skill and mastery of the instruments. The entire work, aided by the fairly varied structure of the tracks, is easy to listen to and flows smoothly.

The only thing that initially left me a bit puzzled was the voice, fierce as usual but in some tracks, like the title track, perhaps too raspy. In my opinion, with a different type of singing, the LP would have been even more impressive.

The album includes an instrumental episode and a live track, which, to be honest, is not particularly exciting and closes the work. My favorite tracks are the title track, which opens the album and immediately sets the distinctive sound of Turbo, "Berud's Sword", which opens with a beautiful instrumental part and then explodes into breathtaking speed sections, and especially "Seance With Vampire", where there is the singer's most convincing performance, striving to move away from the conventional growls.

Ultimately, a band that stood out and placed itself a step above the others with this album, producing one of the last greatest thrash albums ever.

Also noteworthy is the hideous cover, which certainly wouldn't have encouraged purchases.