Arch Enemy long ago stopped only to be Swedish band, although originally they started as one. Now, they are international band of creative and fantastic talented musicians still led by Michael Amott formerly known of Carcass, Carnage and couple of more bands. This is Arch Enemy’s album number 13, first one in three years. This opus contains 11 songs, one being Blaspheme cover. It starts pretty aggressive in their trademark harsh death thrash metal way with energetic Dream Stealer. What I love about this band are epic guitar melodies thrown in brutality courtesy of Amott and Joey Concepcion topped with fantastic voice of singer Alissa White-Gluz who started to vary between her brutal growling and clean melodic singing in last couple of albums. One of the most epic and melodic songs with beautiful clean vocals chorus is for sure Illuminate The Path, one of my favorites on this record. Title song is also one of my highlights on this record, because I love more those melodic epic songs with so called Swedish guitars and this one nailed it like no other on this record. Couple of more songs I must mention on this album are The Pendulum, Paper Tiger and Liars & Thieves. This is not one of their best works but it is a damn good album.
When darkness falls and the devil comes knocking, only one force can push back—the raw power of the soul.
Heavy thrash metal force DIVNI SAN returns with “The Power of Your Soul” (Remastered), the electrifying official lyric video from their upcoming album “Dreamlike Tales,” set for release via Wormholedeath.Roaring with high-voltage riffs, punishing rhythms, and an unstoppable energy, “The Power of Your Soul” is a full-throttle declaration of inner strength and spiritual resistance. With razor-sharp precision and anthemic intensity, Divni San deliver a modern thrash classic built for both the pit and the stage.
Njemački veterani thrash metala Destruction su objavili novi full length album. Sjećam se da sam ovaj bend gledao prvi put uživo daleke 1999.na jednom od prvih reunion showova. Na novom albumu imamo instrumentalni intro, jedanaest pjesama i obradu Accept. Schmier na basu i vokalima zvuči bolje nego ikada, a cijeli bend je jedna jebena thrash metal mašina. Uz žestinu njemački thrash metal bendovi su mi se uvijek sviđali, jer su ubacivali i određenu dozu melodije i catchy riffova u svoje strukture pjesama. Destruction ima podosta politički angažiranih pjesama, protiv pokvarenih političara, rata i religije, kao u odličnoj No Kings – No Masters, jednoj od mojih favorita s albuma koja ima tako epski catchy solo. Cijeli album je brz i žestok, prava energetska bomba. Pjesme kao Evil Never Sleeps, Destruction, A.N.G.S.T. i gore spomenuta su samo neke koje valja poslušati s ovog odličnog albuma. Ako volite Teutonic thrash metal prve klase, odrokajte ovaj album i uhvatite ove legende uživo, nećete pogriješiti.
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