This somewhat ignored act are back with a tight, taught, grinding record of tuneful Gothic metal. The grooves are large, the guitars pounding each track home.
Although only six songs, this has the San Franciscan quartet focusing more on the cotton candy, tongue-twisting, goose-bump-giving melodies that the debut.
Sick Of It All bassist Craig Setari on vocals, Good Riddance vocalist Russ Rankin on bass, Good Riddance bassist Chuck Platt on guitar. Pre-’82 hardcore/punk.
The man with a past that’s most committed to, married to, and having his way with, all the rules of power metal practiced by those vacant of such a past.
The alchemical formula to transform formal, minor key violins and proper Victorian speak into an aural tickle that makes skulls grin and devils tap their toes.
Voivod created an art style and their own font while that Rob Zombie guy was still doodling in high school notebooks and trying to score with cheerleaders.
These Swedes meld folk, that uplifting sweep of melodic heavy metal, some enchanting acoustic dreams, and a bit of gruff-voiced In Flames-esque material.