One of the best metal albums this year.
Posted November 12, 2007
By fallingup1986,
Simply put this album is Demon Hunter's best album yet and one of the best this year in the metal genre. Never before has Demon Hunter played with such agression and brutality. This is evident from the start as the title track kicks of the album, and what a start it is, the first song is a thrash metal masterpiece only lacking a good guitar solo but succeding on every other account. This is followed by "lead us home" a track that again incorparates the new found agression of Demon Hunter yet still retaining their trademark melodic quality.
The other ten songs follow suit, everything has been stepped up, the guitars are more crunchy, loud and angressive and the drumbeats are ferocious as Yogi pounds away loudly. If you've never liked Demon Hunter before this new found agression may win you over and if your a long time fan you will still be pleased with some of the melodic elements that are still present. If the only thing that was keeping you from liking this band is lack of variety then you might have something to look forward to as well as the album switches from thrash metal to hard rock or even nu-metal at times (check out the symphonic elements of "sixteen" or the ambient keyboards in "Thorns" but still retains a cohesive heavy metal feel throughout.
The album is better then previous efforts on the lyrical front too, Ryan Clark calls for action with clever songwriting that is devoid of any cliches.
So after reading this long winded review, all you neeed to know is this album is worth a try wether your a fan of the band or not. View All Music And Book Reviews By fallingup1986 | View fallingup1986's Profile
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