Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
I have heard these Finns described as Melodic Death Metal, which is suppose is accurate, although they are certainly on the lightweight, Prog Rock side of that spectrum. “Prog Thrash/Rock with keyboards and a Death Metal-ish singer” might be closer to what’s actually going on here. My old friend Dan Swano lends a hand with intermittent (distracting) clean vocals, and also mixed and mastered this album. So, it does sound amazing, and these guys are tremendously talented musicians, but I just keep falling asleep while listening to this. Even at what passes for its most intense moments, New World Shadows is a lullaby, and the other 90% of the time is like popping Ambien with a Nyquil chaser. And that’s completely ignoring the occasional insane/terrible riffs. To be fair, there are some excellent moments on this album, such as the instrumental bits of the final song, “Deep Cold,” that are so good that I think I’m being waaaay too mean here - for a few seconds until something goofy happens or I pass out.
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