Review by: Toby McCasker - Sinister Online - 2006

Clever Title, That.

You've gotta love The Furor. Plenty of Black Metal barbarians do the do with a silly amount of theatrics and church-burning enthusiasm, this is, after all, part and parcel of such a cultish genre, but very rarely is musicality considered as much as the corpsepaint and the heaving, spiked gauntlets. The Furor, however, do it all; not only do they take the time and effort to resemble beings from the blackest pits of the netherworld, the ferocious trio also peddle some of the finest Black Metal wares here or anywhere else. With a live reputation that speaks for itself (the near upstage-ment of Nile will never be forgotten), Advance Australia Warfare arrives to considerable clamour. If that title's got you worried about being bombarded by a bothersome socio-political agenda, don't be it's doom, destruction and abject mayhem all the way. Drummer AND vocalist "Disaster" (haha) proves to be a revelation; the guy is maniacally gifted as he alternately drops percussive bombs on small mining towns and gives vent to harsh orations the likes of which are a tad more intelligible than is to be expected.

Opener Battleblast Advance throws wide the gates with string-laden, bombastic ambience before launching into the first of many forays into intelligent, incendiary Black Metal. The good news is that every track thereafter maintains the same degree of intensity and careful attention to detail and variation that make The Furor so much more engaging than those that are just here for show. Hellfire Massacre builds seethes with uncontrollable animosity before crunching all underfoot, and a pleasing discourse into the 8+ minutes of the entirely instrumental Hell serves to balance out the album wonderfully. A haggard surprise comes in the form of The Entrance, which, with its restrained progressions and to-and-fro riffery, resembles more Opeth than Dark Throne to grand effect. Get The Furor into you.

Rating 8.5/10

Review source: The Furor - Advance Australia Warfare Review

Review by: Asher - Earache My Eye Radio/ Hard N Heavy Webzine - 2006

Fast, furious, with controlled chaos is how I would describe the new album by western Australia's BlackMetal vanguards The Furor. Tilted Advance Australia Warfare, this is a pox and a pestilence mayhem driven album that will rip your head off and shit down your windpipe. This blacken warfare three-piece are so tight and merciless that they will melt your mind. What I like best about The Furor, apart from the top-notch musicianship is the vocalist is also the drummer! I had the pleasure of seeing The Furor when they supported Nile in Australia late last year. And let me tell you what they do in the studio pull off what they on stage. The Furor is a world class act that you will be hearing a lot more about in the near future. Highly recommended. Rating 100/100

Review source: The Furor - Advance Australia Warfare Review

Review by: Wayfaerer - Harm Webzine - 2006

With a cover worthy of inclusion in the next round of Ruthless Review's "Most Rediculous Black Metal Pics of All Time" (what exactly is the middle guy wearing on his head), The Furor return with their follow-up to Invert Absolute. Not laughable, however, is the band's effort to step it up a notch from their debut. In comparison to Invert Absolute, Advance Australia Warfare is better in almost every regard.

Where Invert Absolute was more or less your standard, Dark Funeral influenced "I can fit more blastbeats in a song than you" affair, Advance Australia Warfare has more dynamics and more effort at creating an atmosphere that is both brutal and somewhat memorable. This is still a black metal record, so it goes without say that there are still plenty of balls-to-the-wall speed attacks (how the drummer is able to sing at the same time is simply stunning), but the small death metal influences on the debut have come back in a more noticable fashion. Songs like "Atomic Triumph" and "The Entrance" (which is surprisingly melodic) are enhanced by their ability to still forge ahead frantically, but occasionally bring in some death metal riffage to give the song some breathing room. In addition to the usual blackened screams, there are many more gutteral roars that add an additional layer of brutality to the band's attack. Also in the band's favor is their technical chops. They aren't afraid to throw in a solid lead or solo on occasion, which certainly helps to keep my interest peaked. With an average playing time of 6 minutes a song, it keeps the songs interesting and I had no objections to length, save the opener that felt somewhat overdrawn.

Certainly the low point of the album is the yawn-inducing 8-minute ambient instrumental known as "Hell" (how perfectly titled). It ruins the flow they've helped to create along the opening tracks and at a total running time of over 60 minutes, feels completely and utterly unnecessary.

With two solid releases under their belt, The Furor should quickly receive some more support as an upper-tier black metal band. Despite the fact that it isn't going to change anyone's minds outside of the black metal realm, fans of said genre would do well to check this one out.

Standout Tracks: Atomic Triumph, Sacrilegious Rage, The Entrance, Clutches of the Abyss

Review source: The Furor - Advance Australia Warfare Review