I already mentioned that Finland has one of the best European underground scenes in my humble opinion. The mighty Inverse Records never ceases to amaze me with their releases and this time I listened and reviewed for this webzine the new album by Callidice.

Hailing from Jyväskylä town area, this band plays melodic death metal and they do it with vigorous style. After one demo in 2015.and one e.p. in 2016. this is their debut album. This record contains 8 songs of melodic and sometimes brutal death metal done with heart and soul. The album is a concept lyrical story about friendship, fear of losing, sibling bonds and it all evolves around a tale of two brothers. The song structures sometimes reminded me of early Amorphis circa “Black Winter Day” era and it is not a bad thing at all to sound a bit like that. Besides growling vocals the clean and melodic vocals fit very nice into songs like for example in “Scarred” which is my personal favorite song on this record. As album highlights I must also mention “Brotherhood of bastards” and the title track being excellent songs that stand out somehow for me above the rest of the material. This is a great melodic death metal album.

8/10

Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Callidice/

Inverse Records: https://www.facebook.com/inverserecords/