Band:	Corporation 187
Album:	Newcomers Of Sin
Style:	Melodic death metal, Thrash metal
Release date:	2008
A review by:	Jeff

01. Provoking The Prophet
02. Newcomers Of Sin
03. My Sickness
04. Question The Light
05. Suffer As One
06. Teaching The Sick, Feeding The Dead
07. Procession
08. Madhouse
09. Cardiac
10. In The New Messiah
11. Virus Nation

"Newcomers Of Sin" is the new album of the Swedish combo Corporation 187. We didn't have a lot of news from this band since six years already and a lot of people even believed that they were disbanded. It was a mistake, Corporation 187 is still alive and their new release is one more time an album of Gothenburg Death mixed with Thrash Metal. Well don't expect a revelation but if you like such music, then "Newcomers Of Sin" will maybe be for you!

Well don't even think about it more than 10 sec, "Newcomers Of Sin" will not re-invent the genre and even if Corporation 187 is a really good band their new album is all but original. It doesn't mean that it's bad actually, this new album is full of catchy Gothenburg Death songs (I will not explain one more time how it can sound!) but at least here we have the anger of Thrash Metal mixed to this music invented by Swedish people. The result is that "Newcomers Of Sin" is an album which is a bit more violent and darker than the majority of the Gothenburg releases. It's a good thing really because if "Newcomers Of Sin" is not really original (it's Gothenburg Death Metal as you already know?), we're in front of a release which has its own personality.

Like all the productions from Sweden, "Newcomers Of Sin" is perfectly mixed. This album features good songs of Gothenburg Death, without any real mega hits too, and I think that the people who like Arch Enemy or At The Gates should try this release, that's not so different. The musicians of Corporation 187 are good performers, their only "little" problem is that they came a bit late with their new release. Back in 2000, Corporation 187 was an original band, now they're just one of these numerous bands which use to play this music?

"Newcomers Of Sin" is not bad but it's not original too. If you use to listen to Gothenburg Death have a look on this release that's not bad at all but if you're bored by the numerous releases in the genre, remember that In Flames and Dark Tranquillity are still here and always release good albums. You know what to do now, check this one if you need your dose of melodic Swedish Death Metal but go away if you don't listen to it anymore.