Metal Hammer, Vol. 125

I also listened to the latest Metal Hammer compilation today..

Dark Age - outside the inside
Quite nice, will give it another listen

Avantasia - shelter from the rain
Schlager Metal. Not bad :-) but Schlager Metal...

Draconian - seasons apart
I still like them a lot. Lisa Johansson sings very clear vocals (even a bit TOO clear if I'm picky), and Anders Jacobsson does some fabulous grunts. Good band.

Eluveitie - inis mona
Nice and well done, but I also have to say that this doesn't sound any different to me than the other billion songs from that genre

Legion Of The Damned - slaughtering the pigs
Just great

Death Angel - sonic beatdown
The first thing that comes to mind is the weird, one might say crappy, sound. The second thing that comes to mind is that this is weird. Acoustic beatdown indeed.

Dark Fortress - edge of night
Cool. More!

Atrocity - the sun always shines on tv
a-ha cover from "Werk 80 II". Gruesome vocals, I HATE German accents. I have to say I like cover versions (even whole cover albums) and I still like the idea and what Atrocity are trying to do here. But this blows. And hurts.

Norther - we rock
First of all: a little silly, this song title... This song had a couple of men shouting something in the background and the track length was 3:57.

Mourning Caress - nothing is lost
The vocals are exhausting, really. If the morning would caress me like that I'd be in big trouble.

Lost Dreams - i curse you
4 seconds in and it's clear: Melodic Death Metal. How exciting ;-) Wasn't bad

Made Of Hate - bullet in your head
They sound funny - quite rock, but in a way Melodic Death Metal. But then again, it's Heavy Metal with harsh vocals. All in all too upbeat for me today.


--Sapnish--