Menace And Prayer

Now who played with the copy machine ? I want names !!! :) It seems some funny guy put Children Of Bodom in the Xerox machine and here is the result... (thanks by the way). Yahoooooooo; another over the top fantastic melodic, flying all over the place "a la" Children kinda band. Although I can't praise them for their originality I have to admit that I'm impressed, no less. Funny cause I really thought that Children Of Bodom would be like the only one to do this amazing metal style, changing tempo and melody every 10 seconds, alterning fucking fast moments with slow or mid-tempo, always with the aggressive vocals (somehow I can't see a difference between this singer and Alexi, at least not during the agressive parts). But no, another band is actually doing the exact same thing and it's Throne Of Chaos. The riffs themselves are more in the vein of what In Flames do and the result might be more easy to digest, at least during first listens. In the end this album is a pure wonder of melody, full pleasure packed bombastic record. Better than the first Children Of Bodom, but a bit inferior than Hatebreeder. But for a first album I can only applaud ! For the artcover... well I really think it sucks and that's too bad, it doesn't help the CD being picked on the shelves when he really deserves to be (something to think about for next releases I guess). As for the all copycat remarks I'm sure they'll get I'd say : I personally don't give a shit when it sounds that good, but don't wait for something new or very original. A buy-or-die album for Melodic Death Metal and especially Children and In Flames fans.