This album to me brings up a lot of memories from high school as we used to listen it quite a lot. Despite my fond memories this album isn't exactly widely known but it can be considered a classic. It came out in 1997 from a little band from Sweden.
Everything on this album just clicks right. The sound is not overproduced so the whole thing does not sound very plastic, it has that grimy 90s production which we all love(d) in 90s death metal scene. And the fact that they come from Sweden points out that they have or had a lot of good influences. Musically it's not purely death metal as it mixes a few black metal riffs although the main allusion to black metal could be found in the vocals I guess. They sound very raspy as they would in black metal but they are different from it in a way. They are much more lively, the vocalist managed to sound good without sounding too cliche or lame. I liked that, I don't often hear that.
If you're into metal I wholly suggest this little undiscovered gem. It's catchy, easy to listen (that is, if you usually listen to metal) and flows really fast. Great album overall.
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Really really underrated band. Great song-writing, perfect production and an unbelievable drummer. They had to change their name to The Crown later but this album and the one after Hell Is Here are the ones I always go back to.
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