Izegrim - Code of Consequences
Upon first seeing this mentioned in some unknown “coming soon” list, I initially thought that it was the decade-long-awaited new album from the German Black Metal horde Isegrim. No such luck, of course, but Izegrim-with-a-“z” turned out to be a pleasant enough surprise, delivering decidedly Thrashy Death Metal -Deathrash, if you will. I think that every review I’ve seen of this LP, since first listening to it, compares this to newer Arch Enemy, and the similarities are clear right down to the chick singer’s raspy Death-lite vocals, but Izegrim really isn’t in the same league. The occasional bad riff brings the enjoyment down a little, but for the most part everything about Code of Consequences is good, sometimes even very good. But never amazing, never awesome. There have been some lineup changes over the years, with this being Marloes’ first of the band’s three full-length albums on vocals and bass, and I like what I’ve heard enough to be curious about how they sounded previously. If female-fronted Metal bands get you hard (or wet!), and Arch Enemy is your fave, then maybe you’ll dig this Dutch derivative.
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