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Morning Star
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Morning Star
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Despite years of making above average
in the underground,
never had a chance to break into the mainstream. This most likely reflects on their
past, which provided excellent but decidedly uncommercial music. Time will tell, but
will hopefully be ranked with
's
,
, and
as some of the finest
ever made. Vocalist
really comes into his own on this album; his vicious roar has never sounded as clear and focused as it does here. And chief songwriters
and
cut away the excess fat and created some truly memorable riffs and lyrics.
comes flying out of the gates with a mountain of guitars and a raging
railing against God and praising Lucifer like no one has since
's first album.
is a thick, heavy number that shows off the twin guitar assault of
.
provides a truly classic
moment as
shrieks, "Kill! Kill! Kill! Die! Die! Die!" with a passion that is rarely displayed in this genre. And the awesome
closes the album like
stomping through Tokyo; the deliberate pace and incredible guitar work brings this closer to
territory than they ever have ventured before. The best part of the whole affair is there is not a single boring (or even average) track on the whole album, and
's show-stealing performance really does make this a fantastic
album. The band also maintains their high standard of lyric-writing; they may sing about
, but they do not take the lame-brained approach of their contemporaries.
really stepped up to the plate; few
bands can survive longer than ten years and still make excellent albums. Hardcore
fans may not always enjoy
's approach to the genre, but this is the true successor to 1994's fan-friendly
. Any fan of quality underground
should find this to be a superb effort from an underrated band. ~ Bradley Torreano