IMMOLATION – Atonement
Nuclear
Blast Records
My
opinion changed as I listened to this with my earbuds on rather than on my boom
box. One thing definitely stood out, and that was the music. The vocals don’t
really change song-to-song. It’s deep growling accompanied by dark lyrics. But
well written, however. These guys made a great contribution to 2017 album
releases and I’m also glad that they’ve been getting good scores in terms of
ratings.
The
overall production is quality so everything is in synchrony with everything
else. The guitars are heavy, chunky, a lot of slow riffs. But they’re good and
original. Well, the guitars fit the vocals well and the drums well done too.
Everything that makes of a good album, this is it. The music, lyrics, mixing
and originality are all important and these guys made that possible.
What
is always important to me when I hear an album are the guitars. Now that I’ve
heard it on my earbuds the music is way more interesting than what I originally
thought of it. I first reasoned that it was only average the first times I heard
it. But NOW!! This is quality death metal, and the overall aura to this release
is dark. But that’s what they wanted here. Something grim and unique.
So
putting it all together, IMMOLATION took 4 years since their last album came
out (“Kingdom of Conspiracy”). I’ve never been a big fan of this band, but this
one changed my mind. It’s definitely quality death metal with unique style of
guitars, which altogether were slow, moderate and in some cases fast. But the
brutality factor is totally there. I really enjoyed reading their lyrics as
well.
If
you don’t own this already, buy the CD; don’t miss out on this great death
release!! Sure, you can probably find it on YouTube a song or maybe the whole
album. However, to keep the metal community alive, you should buy the album and
not just hear it digitally downloaded (if that’s the case). Get the CD so you
can listen to it on your computer, boom box and stereo!! It rules!!
Ryan
“Death8699” Fanucchi
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