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01. Tear Down The Walls (Intro)
02. Silent Wars 03. We Will Rise 04. Dead Eyes See No Future 05. Instinct 06. Leader Of The Rats 07. Exist to Exit 08. Marching On A Dead End Road (Instr.) 09. Despicable Heroes 10. End of the Line 11. Dehumanization 12. Anthem (Instr.) 13. Saints and Sinners |
Michael Amott - Guitar Christopher Amott - Guitar Angela Gossow - Vocals Daniel Erlandsson - Drums Sharlee D'Angelo - Bass |
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review by Carl "Adrimir" Bengtsson____
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I first heard about this album when I saw the video for "We will rise". The video blew me away.
Not only was the concept cool, but the song itself was so compelling it was hard not to be impressed. Heavy guitars combined with a strong melodic tone (very common, but always nice) and on top you have Angela's growling voice. Wow... A song that really took to my head was "Leader of the Rats". A very cool song that sometimes reminds me of Opera IX (vocal-wise anyway). With this album I think the drummer got out some aggressions, because he's pounding away like crazy on songs such as "Silent Wars". In my opinion this might be some kind of brotherly envy, since Daniel has a brother named Adrian (drummer for Cradle of Filth). Lovely drumtracks, and I also noticed that these tracks seem to be better mixed and recorded than Wages of Sin. Whatever they did, the final result is indeed great for the genre. The seem to have had a lot of fun with this album, since there are several different versions of the album out. One European 2CD with live material, one special edition with dolby digital 5.1 mixes of three songs, and also the regular album will be available on vinyl. Back to the songs, I myself am a sucker for instrumental songs, and was happy to find another masterpiece on this album entitled "Anthem" which works as a sort of intro for the last song "Saints and Sinners". This is where they let loose and show us who's boss. Almost 5 minutes of melodic, kick-ass metal that, sometimes, give me flashbacks to the days of the old-school In Flames combined with Yngwie Malmsteen. But of course with the growlings of the master-witch Angela Gossow. This album is better than most releases in the genre. Fun to listen to for musicians, technicians and music-lovers alike.
Rating: 9/10
Carl Bengtsson
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