![]() His growls are maybe the best in the business right now bar maybe only Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth. Luckily however, it's not overused to the extent it could have been, as the Swedish bad boy performs flawlessly throughout the entire album. Älvestam has a perfectly appropriate clean voice for this stuff anyway, and I can't for the life of me understand why they used that crap tool in the first place. I can't help but dock them a couple of points for some of the unbearable use of auto-tuning which I thought were reserved for hugely lackluster American christian metalcore bands (Read: Attack Attack). Aggressive, progressive brilliance, that, despite its slightly metalcore moments, comes off as top notch. Throw the aforementioned Scar Symmetry, Dark Tranquility, hell, even Opeth and Heed in a blender and this is what you'll get. Yes it sounds modern, and no it's not particularly re-inventive, but it's damn fun, and I enjoy this much more than I will ever enjoy Scar Symmetry. This is an extremely entertaining blend of melodic death metal, power metal and even progressive metal, brilliantly produced by the experienced and highly skilled Tomas “Plec” Johansson who has also worked with Scar Symmetry and Unmoored among others. I had a hunch that this would be something for the mallcore-kids when I read the genre tag “modern metal”, but was, quite on the contrary, blown away when I put this on. The situation that led to the formation of the band reminds me a little of how Daniel Heiman left Lost Horizon to form the, at first, promising Heed, that however quickly turned to shit. ![]() 45 is considered a Swedish/Finnish super-group including members from Angel Blake and Essence of Sorrow in addition to the skilled Älvestam. I was never much of a Scar Symmetry-fan anyway, but after giving this a great deal of spins I understand what the buzz was all about. Frustration was imminent when he left, and to be honest I didn't have a clue where he was headed career-wise. If you believe that any review contained on our site infringes upon your copyright, please email us.Christian Älvestam was an important factor in Scar Symmetry's trickling rise to success and their shining star on a now slightly sparkling melodeath sky.
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