Reblogged from my friend Jeff at https://penbanger.wordpress.com
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Piano? Check. Growls? Check. Epic clean vocals? Check. Well-written lyrics that you’ll be singing to by the second listen? Check. Ovary exploding arrangement of guitar solos and melodies? Check. This is easily one of the best albums Amorphis has come out with. 9/10 Originally published on extrememetal.tv
One of my first interviews on camera, with Iced Earth! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL_Jn8APy-Y?list=PL344VKyZmrHKHics4R07yg72yRz1F5chD&w=560&h=315] Originally published through Extreme Metal Television on Oct 4, 2014.
Starts off promising; heavy, proggy, but there is something about the vocals that is off. Could be the pitch, it’s perhaps an octave too high. The growls sound very forced, and hoarse. Moving through the album there is a trend of wicked guitar solos ruined by misplaced vocals that come...