This two-CD best-of is for anyone who sees metal reduced to jocks with funny hair and ball caps. Since when is metal the music of choice in the weight room?
Forget In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, or any other band that “carries the torch of At The Gates.” Extol is the closest and the most passionate you’ll find.
Hatebreed without the small doses of technicality, Blood For Blood without the thug attitude, Gorilla Biscuits but angrier and more prone to “chug-chug-chug”s.
Eidolon’s third record is gathering some buzz due to Glen Drover’s increasing stature as guitarist for King Diamond. Drover is also a capable producer.
Bruising metal compositions that sound like modern Kiss, old Keel, new Alice Cooper and bits of Mötley Crüe and Lita Ford. Strange, but all in all, I like it.