Unlimited

When I reviewed Susperia's Vindication , I didn't review the album for what it was, but rather for what it was not. It wasn't a fair review and most of you got mad at me and you were right since it was a terrible review. It was my fair opinion at the time since I bought the album without listening to it and totally disliked it. I can't tell you what my opinion about it now would be as I haven't listened to it since I posted the review. This time I had decided to wait to get a promo of their new album and then to give my opinion. That's why it took us so long to review this new album. Unlimited kicks off with a hell of a great guitar solo and it seems that the Chemistry will take this time. As soon as this 45 second guitar solo comes to an end, modern thrash metal takes over. No changes compared to their previous album. The music remains in the vein of late Pantera, a band I could never got into, or Testament so you know it's not my really my taste. I gave this album its chance however, and although I am not really fond of that genre, I have to say Susperia plays it well, with some really great epic and catchy moments such as the opener Chemistry or Devil May Care. This album indeed delivers an aggressive collection of tracks, but the music happens to get somehow repetitive and boring in places. The band that could have been close to fellow compatriots Dimmu Borgir and The Kovenant has decided to weather their own evolution into a very different approach than their peers, into a very classic but solid and somewhat innovative mid-tempo thrash metal. And although I may regret the epic moments of such album as The Kovenant's Nexus Polaris or Dimmu Borgir's Enthrone Darkness Triumphant very much, the evolution of the band is very smart when you see bands such as Dimmur Borgir or Cradle Of Filth being unable to reinvent themselves becoming their own copycat over the years. To sum it up, I am not going to get this one although I enjoyed it very much. At least not for now. In a couple of years or so, if I happened to find this one at a rather low price, I might consider buying it. As for now, I enjoyed listening to the promo over the last week, but unfortunately I now have other priorities in life…