Nocturnal come with quite the pedigree. They carry the flag of true diehard metal like no other - think unadulterated riff fests, typical hellish metal subjects, bullets, patch jackets - and they come from Germany, a point reflected in Nocturnal's obvious influences (Kreator, Destruction, Exumer, Assassin, Desaster etc). "Storming evil" is Nocturnal's third album, among a lot of other releases and they are here to take no prisoners. With track titles like "Preaching Death", "Perish In Darkness" and "Ripping Knives" that could be taken straight from "Pleasure to Kill" this CD thrashes along a tidal wave of leads for 45 lung-busting minutes, only slowing for impromptu moments of fist-pumping stomp, quickly to regain the enthusiasm for their accurate recital of the technical riffing template laid down most notably by Destruction in their mid-80s pomp. Falling somewhere between the tremolo laced works of Desaster with the intricate leads of Destruction and punching power of Kreator, "Storming Evil" does a great job of harnessing the spirit of the genre in laying before us a most worthy addition to that canon.