... The sound is still rooted firmly in the oversaturated Gothenburg style, which keeps the band from producing anything truly original or inspired, and much of their latest album 'Riders of the Plague' reminds distinctly of At the Gates, one of the other Gothenburg originators, and the various ... Read review
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Advantages: Making melodic death metal interesting again. Disadvantages: Still owes its sound entirely to earlier Swedish bands.
...for Tomas Lindberg.
1. Riders of the Plague
2. Dead and Gone
3. The Murder
4. Echoes
5. World Divides
6. Prosperity
7. Untitled
8. Awakening
9. Merciless
10. Into the Pit (Testament cover)
11. The Victorious Dead
12. Outro
Composed of medium length songs averaging just over five minutes, this album provides plenty of opportunities for its musicians to demonstrate their talents without dragging the proceedings on to an unreasonable length. ... ...to stand out simply for sounding much like their companions, or for being too derivative of the overplayed Gothenburg sound, namely 'World Divides' and 'The Awakening.' The general trends remain much the same throughout the songs with occasional lapses and minor deviation, defining the band's sound in the furious title track, lightening up with some In Flames style high guitars in 'Dead and Gone' (even featuring some of those silly but enjoyable ...
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Album Notes: The Absence: Jamie Stewart (vocals); Patrick Pintavalle, Peter Joseph (bass guitar); Jeramie Kling (drums).
Album Reviews: Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "[T]here's a keen sense of melody woven into their nastiness....Definitely a decent enough pummeling for your eardrums."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Riders Of the Plague
3.: Murder
2.: Dead And Gone
4.: Echoes
5.: World Divides
6.: Prosperity (instrumental)
7.: Silent Track
8.: Awakening
9.: Merciless
10.: Into the Pit
11.: Victorious Dead
12.: Outro
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