Ohgr and his Skinny Puppy cohorts have been consistent in exploring new technologies & options, but he’s pared down the songs into better-digestible forms.
A rousing out of retirement for fabled Fates Warning vocalist John Arch, who is in amazing form, even if his mature voice has taken on an almost affected twang.
It takes a few rounds to sink in, but once it takes effect, you’re feeling all rambunctious and sleazy enough to risk making the move on your friend’s wife.
A cross between American thrash, German thrash, and death metal, spiced with the canny stealings of the Swedish from said trinity of terror-filled metal styles.
Soilwork somehow managed to combine their love of hard rock strutting with Gothenburg blood and Oakenfold house in a formula that didn’t stink to high heaven.