Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho still rips shit up on his geetar, and Kimberly Goss is belting it out more believably, but there’s still something missing.
Savatage’s classic line-up, this album’s main reason for existence is to hail the band’s fallen original guitarist Criss Oliva, killed in a car crash in 1993.
Picking up where they left off with ’91’s amazing Beyond the Unknown, Discerning Forces is a throwback to the early ’90s (and best era) of death metal.
In the ’80s, fluffy-haired men in tight clothing sung sappy songs to young girls. This here’s 16 examples of the same trite, sleepy crap a decade later.
Having two members from Dissection is great for publicity, but it also creates huge expectations. Forget the comparisons. Soulreaper stands on their own.