Formed by Bolt Thrower vocalist Karl Williams and Benediction bass player Frank Healy I do not have to tell you what kind of music this is. The second song is heavier but falls along the lines of what you expect from the genre, where the guitar does more interesting things sonically on the more melodic opening track. War and conflict are the album's theme, which finds them not straying far from what Bolthrower was about. "I am the Enemy" takes a more deliberate approach, though three songs in none of the riffs have been too reliant on speed. There is a more ominous mood here which I appreciate. It took a few listens for the song itself to sink in. There is some rather dense chromatic riffing as the song progresses.
The occupy a sonic space that splits the difference between Slayer and Sepultura on " The Conflict is Within". Guitar melodies balance themselves out with pretty powerful chugging. Being veterans of classic bands, they are going to be highly skilled at what they do. Former English Dogs / Morrissey drummer Spikey Smith is on the kit for this one and proves he is into metal just as much as punk. By the fifth song I found myself having to go back and untangle what I heard as many of the songs begin to sound the same. The snarled vocals play into this to some extent. They are good at what they do, what they do just happens to work off of a very single shade aggression.
The driven riff that powers "Allis lost" is cool, but is anything new really going down here? The title track is catchy in its own way, especially when it comes to the coarse chant the song builds into. the main riff is pretty a typical colored by the more solemn melody that haunts it. The last song gives things room to breathe with the syncopated crunch. I will give this a 9, since it is so well done, there are not any songs that are ineffective, but just how fresh of a take on the genre is this? I guess it makes an attempt to fill the void left by Bolt Thrower, it drops February 3rd on Reaper Entertainment.
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