Menagerie of Disgust Review

Band	ZA'S Ripped and Shredded
Album	Menagerie of Disgust
Type	Album (Studio full-length)
Released	January 22, 2025
Genres	Thrashy Power Metal, Blackened Power Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Instrumental Metal, Extreme Power Metal
Labels	Self Hosted
Length	31:07

Reviewer :  ZAMetal         Rating :  95 / 100

This is a new Cd by a new project of mine that just started last year... I don't know how long this project will last, but I intend to continue.. Inspired by the Likes of Symphony X, Persuader, Mantticora, Blind Guardian, iced Earth and Many Others, ZA'S Ripped and Shredded is my instrumental take on Power Metal.

It takes the symphonic elements of symphony x (although not as good as those in that band), the thrash from iced Earth, and the Dark Melodies from Persuader and Manticora, and does instrumentals themed after dark stuff in Horror and Paranormal Themes...

The following things are what the tracks are written about:

1 - Predator Movie ( A scary alien that hunts people)
2 - Alien Movies (A gross parasitic alien that does the same)
3 - Alien Abductions
4 - Khan from Star Trek (A famous Star Trek Villain, seen in the Wrath of Khan)
5 - The Cornish Owlman (A scary, half bord, half hellspawn demon from cornwall seen by girls a lot there)
6 - Cthulhu himself

The songs are dark but heavy. Track 1 opens with brutal thrash metal... Then it goes into Power metal with some thrash riffs and manticora vibe in track 2. Track 3 has creepy keyboards and symphonic leads... Track 4 is Epic and has dark melodies, creepy sad melodies done on Tremelo and more... Track 5 is all Symphonic Epicness and Evil creepy harmonies... Track 6 is Scary as Hell Musically, As It should be. It features the most scary riffs on the whole cd, filled with Dark Classical Influences and Orchestration...

This cd brings the Sinisterness Back to Power Metal... It's there to show people "Maybe this shit shouldn't be as cheezy as it is!", because a lot of stupid power metal bands are happy nad poppy, but sometimes that is just too cheezy. Bands Like Manticora and Persuader do it RIGHT by making it dark. Mixing in Black Metal takes their formula further, so this is even heavier than them! It's sorely needed in power metal now...