Onheil - Razor
This album for me is an emediat keeper. The opening is like a darker version of Metallica's "And Justice For All" album's opening. Once the music actualy kicks in the trasgression is smooth and yet ferociouse with a good crunch on the guitars and brutal double kick flying over it. The only emdiate downer is in the music which has a blatent Iron Maiden influence which usualy throws me off any band but these guys do it very well. I'm inclined to place this sound between Stockholm and Oslo kind of like shared custedy. The vocals are carefully placed in this band and not over done which for me is great and they have a deffinate black metal snear in there. The hooks on this album are simple, epic get your head down drop sections that are surgicaly placed, not just in the songs but on this album as a whole.
This album has given my head a good rattling and to my grim surprise 4 stars have falling.
1. Out Of The Darkness It Comes
2. Nemesis Light Fading
3. As Hope Dies
4. Final Redemption
5. Day Of Departure
6. Razor
7. The Fallen Kingdom
8. Pad Der Verdoemenis
9. Penetration Of Innocence
10. Rain Of Fire
11. From Above
