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ARCH ENEMY "Black Earth"
is an aggressive, in your face death metal assault. The band
delivers a brutal attack with pounding double-bass drum beats,
blazing well distorted guitars, thumping bass and roared guttoral
vocals. Don't come looking for laid back love songs and ballads
here, you won't find any. ARCH ENEMY
throws together some incredibly catchy guitar riffs,
time changes and solos that are impressive and make you appreciate
their talents as musicians. Surprisingly there's even a brief
acoustical interlude and a short instrumental track, showing
the bands less aggressive side. The intense pace of the music
definitely keeps you banging your head and gives you the urge
to slam around and break something! JOHAN
LIIVA's vocals are somewhat unintelligeable and
bark along repetitively but are a decent fit for the band's
extreme metal style. I must mention that the band does a great
cover of Iron Maiden's "Aces
High" in their own bashing style, which is top
notch! The music holds it's own and those who are into the
heavier metal spectrum will certainly enjoy pumping their
fists to "Black Earth".
Overall,
Black Earth is a diverse
and likeable release...assuming you are a fan of high speed
jamming and barked vocals. Aside from a moment of acoustic
guitars and the instrumental ('Time
Capsule'), the sound and tempo of the album are
pretty consistent. Most aggressive metal fans should find
this album to their liking.
The music is definitely intense -the
guitarwork of brothers CHRISTOPHER
and MICHAEL AMOTT is top
notch- combine that with the steady bass of LIIVA
and DANIEL ERLANDSSON's
frantic skin bashing and you come up with a dynamic metal
release. Admittedly I'm not too big a fan of the brutal speed/death
metal vocals, so I'd consider that the album's only weakness.
I guess if you want the music to be brutal you can't sing
like a fairy and be cool, but a few voice lessons wouldn't
hurt to inject a little melody into the music. ARCH
ENEMY "Black Earth" is a release that extreme metal
fans won't want to pass up.
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